New York: Harper & Row, (1976.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A history of the attempts, both successful and failed, to fly over the Atlantic Ocean, and of the airmen behind these attempts - Read, Alcock, Brown, Lindbergh - some of whom gambled and lost. The author served in the RAF during World War II and made nearly 200 Atlantic crossings as a British Overseas Airways Captain. 140 black and white illustrations, Selected Bibliography, list of Aircraft and Engines, index 304 pp,. ISBN: 0-06-0102969.