I am not a big fan of non-fiction, but am trying to read more. This book was offered to me to read by the author through Netgalley so I thought I would give it a try. This was not a long book, but it was filled with a lot of information about two now forgotten aviation pioneers, Wiley Post and Jimmie Mattern. They were rivals racing to be the first person to fly around the world solo. I had no knowledge of these men or what they had done. The book begins with Wiley Post and Harold Gatty landing at Roosevelt Field being the first around the world flight. From there the stories of others involved in aviation are told and the race to solo around the world is presented. There were some people involved in this race around the world that I was not aware of such as Will Rogers. The story was engaging and told in language that allowed me to understand the issues that were presented, especially when planes crashed and had to be repaired on the fly. If you enjoy reading about aviation pioneers and how they solved sometimes almost insurmountable problems, such as crashing in Siberia, flying blind through fog without instruments, then you will enjoy this book. There are some great illustrations at the end showing many of the people in the book with their planes.