The Cannibal Queen: An Aerial Odyssey Across America *Inscribed by author*

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing ; full # line. Hardcover. Fine+/Fine +. *Inscribed by author on half title page** " To ----, I hope you enjoy this low and slow tale. All the best, Stephen Coonts, Oshkoch, '92. First Printing* // Pristine copy in a Pristine dust jacket, price intact, and mylar protected. Collectible* Coonts is a bestselling novelist, has been hailed as the best contemporary author writing about flying. Now he turns his storytelling genius to nonfiction in 'The Cannibal Queen", an exultant account of the summer of '91 -- of three glorius months spent exploring America from the cockpit of a vintage biplane. (A Stearman open cockpit biplane) He covers all 48 of the continental United States, from sea to shining sea. Coonts has logged thousands of hours in the Navy's most sophisticated aircraft. An extraordinary adventure, following highways, railroad lines, and rivers.