A narrative history set in the jazz age, the book tells the story of arctic explorer and society swell Richard Byrd. Set against the backdrop of 'roaring twenties' New York, at its centre is a race to be the first to fly to the North Pole - a perilous feat at the edge of technological possibility.
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