Double Eagle: Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, Larry Newman [Hardcover]

Charles McCarry (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 278 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown; 1st edition (1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316553603
• ISBN-13: 978-0316553605
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,136,822 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool Book...interesting, May 28, 2005

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This review is from: Double Eagle: Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, Larry Newman (Hardcover)

I read this book years ago,got it at the local library...This is the story of the first people to ever take a helium balloon across the Atlantic Ocean...It tells of the first failed attempt and the 2nd highly successful journey that these men took.At first I thought 'Well it is no big deal',but as I read their story you start to understand just why it had never been done before,it is no small feat...After reading this book I wondered what it would be like to do something for the first time,to take an adventure...so me and a buddy canoed 250 miles down the Mississippi River ,paddling our way south ,staying on islands and having a ball....all because I read this book one week in the winter of 1989...If you read this book you may feel the same way...I give the book 5 stars on the story and the narrative...the photos and maps are very good too....One of my favorite books of all time...