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The race

The year is 1910, and wealthy newspaper magnate Preston Whiteway has put up $50,000 for the first aviator to cross America in fewer than 50 days. Josephine Frost takes up the challenge and has more than enough moxie to claim the prize. But when her husband murders her lover, and then goes after her,...

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Main Author: Cussler, Clive.
Corporate Author: Recorded Books, LLC., Penguin Audio (Firm)
Other Authors: Scott, Justin., Brick, Scott. (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, [2011], p2011.
Edition: Unabridged, [Recorded Books ed.].
Series: Isaac Bell novels ; 4.
Subjects:
Bell, Isaac > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Private investigators > Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Audiobooks.
Summary: The year is 1910, and wealthy newspaper magnate Preston Whiteway has put up $50,000 for the first aviator to cross America in fewer than 50 days. Josephine Frost takes up the challenge and has more than enough moxie to claim the prize. But when her husband murders her lover, and then goes after her, Josephine will need the help of Detective Isaac Bell if she's to avoid the ultimate crash and burn.
Item Description: Compact disc.
Title from container.
Release date supplied by publisher.
Recording originally produced by Penguin Audio, p2011.
In container (17 cm.)
"With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container.
Physical Description: 9 sound discs (11 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN: 9781461838371
1461838371
9781611760170
1611760178
Author Notes: Clive Cussler was born in Aurora, Illinois on July 15, 1931. He attended Pasadena City College for two years before enlisting in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. After his discharge from the military, he worked first as a copywriter and later as a creative director for two of the nation's most successful advertising agencies. At that time, he wrote and produced radio and television commercials that won numerous international awards, including one at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.

He began writing in 1965 and published his first novel featuring Dirk Pitt in 1973. His first non-fiction work, The Sea Hunters, was published in 1996. He has written over 50 books including the Dirk Pitt series, the NUMA Files series, Oregon Files series, Isaac Bell series, and the Fargo Adventure series.

He is the Chairman of NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency), a non-profit group which he founded. He and his crew of marine experts and NUMA volunteers have discovered over 60 historically significant underwater wreck sites.

Clive Cussler died on February 24, 2020 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography)

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