{"product_id":"of-air-and-men-hardcover","title":"Of Air and Men - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDamien Lay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn November 8, 1935, the greatest aircraftof its time vanished into the night - and with it, two men, a legend, and the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Kingsford Smith, one of the most celebrated international figures of his age, and his young protégé and co-pilot Tommy Pethybridge, were never seen again. What remained was silence, heartbreak, and a mystery that would ripple across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, whilst on expedition in the remote waters off Myanmar, an intrepid explorer uncovers the wreck of the Lady Southern Cross. That discovery ignites a twenty-year journey to piece together what really happened, to strip away the myths that clouded Charles's memory, and to bring long-awaited closure to the families who endured in their absence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOF AIR AND MEN is a true story, epically told through the intimacy of historical fiction - where ambition and hardship, courage and vulnerability, love and loss intertwine. It is also the story of the women who bore the weight of that silence - and of a son, just shy of his third birthday when his father vanished and who, for ninety years, knew him only through the history books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil now . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the glamour and turbulence of the 1930s, and echoing into the lives still marked by that night, this is both a mystery unraveled and a legacy reclaimed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA haunting, human story - of those who flew, those who waited, and those who, against all odds, refused to let the truth be lost to time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 348\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46905827131531,"sku":"9781923501591","price":52.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/i1SmUU4hPp9781923501591.webp?v=1778619020","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/of-air-and-men-hardcover","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}