The first world flight : being the personal narriative of Lowell Smith, Erik Nelson, Leigh Wade, Leslie Arnold, Henry Ogden, John Harding / written by Lowell Thomas.

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Contents: Foreword by the fliers -- I. The narrator's tribute -- II. The genesis of the adventure -- III. The flight from Los Angeles to Seattle -- IV. Smith and Arnold, crew of the Chicago -- V. Wade and Ogden, crew of the Boston -- VI. The flying viking and smiling Jack -- VII. The start -- VIII. Through Alaskan blizzards -- IX. Forced landing of the Seattle -- X. From Chignik to Dutch Harbor -- XI. Martin and Harvey lost in Alaska -- XII. Flying down the Aleutian Islands -- XIII. The first aerial crossing of the Pacific -- XIV. In the land of volcanoes and hairy men -- XV. Adventures in Tokio -- XVI. Across the China Sea -- XVII. Flynig down the China coast -- XVIII. A forced landing in the Jungle of French Indo-China -- XIX. From Indo-China to the land of the white elephant -- XX. From Siam to Burma in a day -- XXI. Calcutta: queen city of the east -- XXII. Along the Grand Trunk Road with a stowaway on board -- XXIII. Across the Indian desert to the Arabian Sea -- XXIV. From Karachi to Baghdad by way of Persia and Baluchistan -- XXV. Across the Arabian desert from Baghdad to Constantinople -- XXVI. Flying over the witches' cauldron from Constantinople to Vienna -- XXVII. Adventures in Paris and London -- XXVIII. From Hull to Scapa flow -- XXIX. The flight to Iceland and the sinking of the Boston -- XXX. From Iceland to Greenland eight hundred and thirty-five miles over the Arctic ice-pack -- XXXI. The rescue of Locatelli: adventures in Greenland: America at last! -- XXXII. From icy tickle to Boston -- XXXIII. The last