| From the coauthor of the national best-seller The Wild Blue comes an exciting and roman- tie story of the pioneering men and women who devoted-and sacrificed-their lives to conquer the sky. Now, in his splendid Trophy for Eagles, Walter Boyne has written a realistic and vivid historical novel about the golden age of avia- tion and the daring men and women who competed for prizes, jobs, love, and glory. At the heart of the story is the fierce rivalry between two men in an America between thewars. Frank Bandfield is a courageous boywonder who possesses a unique combinationof flying and engineering skills and an idealismthat often gets him into trouble. Bruno Haf-ner, a German World War I ace who misses thethrill of battle, is a dangerous and unscrupu-lous flyer and businessman with a killerinstinct. Over the course of a decade, as otheraviators in their group, including the youngCharles Lindbergh, the enigmatic HowardHughes, and the reluctant aviatrix AmeliaEarhart, take to the sky to set records for dis-tance, speed, and human endurance, thesesworn enemies will fight*it out in the air andon the ground, in flying competitions, busi-ness, and, finally, in war. |
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