I have relied heavily on these various autobiographies, biographies, journals, interviews, and more to construct the narrative of this story but have chosen not to footnote every usage, which would clutter the notations in the individual chapters with a blizzard of ibids. Instead, I have annotated important direct quotes and also events that seemed so extraordinary they begged to be sourced. Fortunately there are many such events emanating from the extraordinary characters in this tale.
The Internet today provides a wealth of information if you are sufficiently versed in separating the wheat from the chaff. Back issues of many periodicals and newspapers, notably the New York Times, are available online for a fee and proved immensely helpful in framing the stories of these men.
I owe a deep debt of gratitude to my late literary agent Theron Raines, who died as this book was being finished. He read every word, as I wrote, up to his death. In the thirty-five years I was with him, Theron was a guide, inspiration, mentor, and friend. I shall miss him terribly. Theron’s son Keith, who took over from his father, has been a comfort and a friend through it all.
My editor at National Geographic Books, Lisa Thomas, has been a whirlwind of editing, encouragement, and support and deserves a colossal note of thanks, as well as an all-expenses-paid two-month vacation wherever she wants to go. Line editor Andrew Michael Carlson proved himself again to be positively brilliant with the pencil, and Don Kennison, my copy editor of many years, has saved me from myself more times than I care to mention. I owe a deep debt of gratitude to stellar aviators Adam Shaw and John L. Marty, who read the manuscript and set me straight on the finer points of flying. As usual, my faithful executive assistant Dr. Wren Murphy once more organized a huge research project with skill, enthusiasm, and graciousness. Last but never least, my wife, Anne-Clinton Groom, deserves at least a Distinguished Flying Cross (with Oak Leaf Clusters) for putting up with me all these years.
WINSTON GROOM
Point Clear, Alabama, April 2013
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Illustrations Credits
Front Cover: (Plane) Bettmann/Corbis; (Ship) Corbis; (Sea and Sky Background) Elena Schweitzer/Shutterstock.
Corbis; (1.1, 1.2, & 1.3), Auburn University Libraries Special Collections and Archives; (1.4 & 1.5), Auburn University Libraries Special Collections and Archives; (1.6), Kenneth Rogers/Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center; (1.7), James H. Doolittle Collection/History of Aviation Collection/Special Collections Department/McDermott Library/The University of Texas at Dallas; (1.8), Doolittle Family Collection; (1.9), Underwood Archives/Getty Images; (1.10), The Cleveland Press Collection/Michael Schwartz Library Special Collections/Cleveland State University; (1.11), AP Photo; (1.12 & 1.13), Bettmann/Corbis; (1.14), Corbis; (1.15), Lindbergh Picture Collection/Manuscripts and Archives/Yale University Library; (1.16), Corbis/NGS; (1.17), Underwood & Underwood/Corbis; (1.18), Hulton Archive/Central Press/Getty Images; (1.19), OFF/AFP/Getty Images; (1.20), Lindbergh Picture Collection/Manuscripts and Archives/Yale University Library; (1.21), Popperfoto/Getty Images; (1.22), AP Photo; (1.23), AP Photo/Corbis; (1.24), James H. Doolittle Collection/History of Aviation Collection/Special Collections Department/McDermott Library/The University of Texas at Dallas; (1.25 & 1.26), AP Photo; (1.27), AP Photo; (1.28), AP Photo/Charles Gorry; (1.29), James H. Doolittle Collection/History of Aviation Collection/Special Collections Department/McDermott Library/The University of Texas at Dallas; (1.30 & 1.31), AP Photo/U.S. Navy; (1.32), Auburn University Libraries Special Collections and Archives; (1.33 & 1.34), Auburn University Libraries Special Collections and Archives; (1.35), AP Photo; (1.36 & 1.37), Lindbergh Picture Collection/Manuscripts and Archives/Yale University Library; (1.38), Lindbergh Picture Collection/Manuscripts and Archives/Yale University Library; (1.39), AP Photo/John Nance; U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Carlin Leslie.
Maps by Carl Mehler and Gregory Ugiansky, National Geographic.
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