West with the Night Karen E. Eifler Winner of both the CASEY

Winner of both the CASEY and F

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their story is as passionate and as tragic as that of Vronsky and Anna Karenina

In this hugely praised narrative

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West with the Night Karen E. Eifler Winner of both the CASEYMarkham is often described as "the first person" to fly the Atlantic east to west in a solo non stop flight, though most now dispute this claim. When Markham decided to take on the Atlantic crossing, no pilot had yet flown non stop from Europe to New York, and no woman had made the westward flight solo, though several had died trying. Markham hoped to claim both records. She took off from Abingdon, England. After a 20 hour flight she crash landed at