Liam Callanan — Stone Age Astronaut: The Astonishing Adventures of America's Forgotten Flier — at The Wharf

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A soaring adventure, a riveting biography, and a reclamation of a great American story lost to history. In Stone Age Astronaut https://politics prose.com/book/9781976600913 , award winning author Liam Callanan uncovers the astonishing life of Lester Maitland—the Milwaukee born aviator who, in 1927, became the first person to fly to Hawaii, earning national acclaim on par with Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic triumph. For a brief moment, the two men shared headlines, White House invitations, and fame. But while Lindbergh's legacy grew, Maitland's all but vanished. Callanan brings Maitland back into the spotlight, tracing his meteoric early career: flight instructor at nineteen; one of the US Army's first test pilots; the first American to fly faster than 200 mph; and t…

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