Great Air Race: Glory, Tragedy, and the Dawn of Am Poetry Children At once deeply personal and

At once deeply personal and assiduously reported

CHILL: Relax with bitter

then transforming those cooked beans into satisfying dips

The poems that follow trace the transatlantic path she took to become a writer and teacher who fearlessly says what needs saying

her own Japanese ancestry

Great Air Race: Glory, Tragedy, and the Dawn of Am Poetry Children At once deeply personal andYears before Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris electrified the nation, a group of daredevil pilots, most of them veterans of the World War I, brought aviation to the masses by competing in the sensational transcontinental air race of 1919. The contest awakened Americans to the practical possibilities of flight, yet despite its significance, it has until now been all but forgotten. In The Great Air Race, journalist and amateur pilot