Over the Ocean to Paris, or, Ted Scott's Daring Long Distance Flight

In 1927, a young mechanic's apprentice from nowhere becomes the most famous pilot in America. Ted Scott grew up on a humble farm, raised by an elderly couple who never understood his need to fly, and who tremble every time he climbs into the cockpit. But Ted has a gift. He can feel the wind, read the clouds, and coax impossible distances from a sputtering engine. Now he's set his sights on the impossible: a solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic, from New York to Paris, a journey no one has ever survived alone. The world watches. The ocean waits. And a boy who started with nothing has everything to prove. This is early aviation as pure adventure, when flying meant flirting with death and the rewards were glory or oblivion.