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Title details for Jack Knight's Brave Flight by Jill Esbaum - Available

Jack Knight's Brave Flight

by Jill Esbaum
Stacy Innerst
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Biplanes have been flying the mail in short hops all over the country—during daylight hours, when pilots can see where they're going. But crashes are still too common, so lawmakers decide to cut funding for the U.S. Air Mail Service.
Outraged officials and pilots concoct a daring plan to save the service—a nonstop, coast-to-coast race—to prove that keeping mail in the air is the fastest way to move it across America.
But when a crash, exhaustion, and a snowstorm threaten the race, Jack Knight steps up. All he has to do is fly all night long. Through a blizzard. Over land he's never covered. With a nearly empty fuel tank.
What could go wrong?

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  • Release date

    September 13, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781705078075
      • File size: 6183 KB
      • Duration: 00:12:52

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from December 20, 2021
      This fast-paced picture book outlines the landmark night flight of pilot James H. “Jack” Knight (1892–1945), who helped extend the life of the U.S. Air Mail Service by serving as a relay pilot in the first overnight cross-country U.S. airmail delivery. In snappy, climactic prose, Esbaum traces the obstacles Knight encountered, including bodily discomfort and an unavoidable blizzard in Illinois: “This is no ordinary mail flight. This is an all-day, all-night, coast-to-coast race to save America’s struggling Air Mail Service.” Innerst’s atmospheric illustrations conjure the rough elements and close quarters in deep blues and cool gray washes, with fluid figures, stamped text, and finely brushed details adding texture. A riveting journey about an undersung aviator. Back matter includes creators’ notes and a timeline sharing highlights in the history of the U.S. mail. Ages 7–10.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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