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That’s My Story By Douglas Corrigan
That’s My Story By Douglas Corrigan
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1939 Hardcover Antique
signed!!!
E P Dutton
Very Good Condition
Autobiography
That's My Story is the 1938 autobiography of American aviator Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan. The book details his life as an aircraft mechanic, building his own plane, and his legendary 1938 flight from Brooklyn to Dublin. Corrigan claimed he accidentally flew east to Ireland instead of west to California.
Overview and Background
The autobiography documents Corrigan's childhood, poverty, and his early determination to learn to fly. Working as an aircraft mechanic, he helped assemble the Spirit of St. Louis for Charles Lindbergh. He later bought a secondhand Curtiss Robin monoplane, which he extensively modified in hopes of a transatlantic flight
