Wingwalkers: a novel
A former WWI ace pilot and his wingwalker wife barnstorm across Depression-era America, performing acts of aerial daring.
“They were over Georgia somewhere, another nameless hamlet whose dusty streets lay flocked and trembling with the pink handbills they’d rained from the sky that morning, the ones that announced the coming of DELLA THE DARING DEVILETTE, who would DEFY THE HEAVENS, shining like a DAYTIME STAR, a WING-WALKING WONDER borne upon the wings of CAPTAIN ZENO MARIGOLD, a DOUBLE ACE of the GREAT WAR, who had ELEVEN AERIAL VICTORIES over the TRENCHES OF FRANCE.”
Wingwalkers is one-part epic adventure, one-part love story, and, as is the signature for critically-acclaimed author Taylor Brown, one large part American history. The novel follows the adventures of Della and Zeno Marigold, a pair of Great Depression barnstormers who are funding their journey west by performing death-defying aerial stunts from town to town, and braids them with the real-life exploits of author (and thwarted fighter pilot) William Faulkner. When their paths cross during a dramatic air show, there will be unexpected consequences for all.
Brown has taken a tantalizing tidbit from Faulkner’s real life—an evening's chance encounter with two daredevils in New Orleans—and set it aloft in this fabulous novel. With scintillating prose and an action-packed plot, he has captured the true essence of a bygone era and shed a new light on the heart and motivations of one of America's greatest authors.
Grouping Information
| Grouped Work ID | a02bb690-9b67-95a7-a4bb-7d4304c2fce2 |
|---|---|
| Grouping Title | wingwalkers |
| Grouping Author | taylor brown |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2024-04-12 23:25:51PM |
| Last Indexed | 2024-04-19 05:58:00AM |
Solr Fields
Air pilots -- Fiction
Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Romance fiction
Stunt flying -- Fiction
Depressions
Stunt flying
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| ils:.b21057874 | Book | Books | First edition | English | St. Martin's Press | 2022 | 310 pages ; 24 cm |
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