by Corey Mead
Graf Zeppelin, ref1
Grahame-White, Claude, ref1
Great Depression, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Hamilton, Albert H., ref1, ref2
Haring, J. V., ref1, ref2
Hawks, Frank, ref1
Hawthorne, N. Vernon, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16
Hayes, Sam, ref1, ref2
Heath, Mary, Lady, ref1, ref2
Henderson, Cliff, ref1
Herndon, Hugh, Jr., ref1
Hinkler, Bert, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Hirth, Hellmuth, ref1
Hollywood, ref1
Hudson, Earl, ref1, ref2, ref3
trial testimony of, ref1, ref2
Hughes, Charles Evans, ref1
Huston, Ernest, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
Clarke’s death and, ref1, ref2
trial testimony of, ref1, ref2
Ince, Joseph, ref1, ref2
Ingalls, Laura, ref1, ref2, ref3
International News Service, ref1
International Rodeo, ref1
Iran, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Italy, ref1
Jones, Henry, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Karachi, ref1
Keith-Miller, Jessie:
American citizenship of, ref1
articles written by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
as aviator, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
birth of, ref1
Bullet monoplane and, ref1
car accident of, ref1
“Chubbie” nickname of, ref1, ref2
Clarke as collaborator in autobiography, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Clarke’s death and, ref1, ref2, ref3
and Clarke’s death as suicide, ref1, ref2, ref3
Clarke’s marriage plans with, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Clarke’s meeting of, ref1
Clarke’s romantic relationship with, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12
commercial license obtained by, ref1
Cunning-Hall Aircraft project and, ref1
detectives’ search of home, ref1, ref2
disappearance during flight to Cuba, ref1, ref2
divorce from Miller, ref1
Earhart and, ref1
early life and family of, ref1
England-Australia flight of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
England-Australia flight funds raised by, ref1, ref2, ref3
England-Australia flight planned by, ref1, ref2, ref3
film project and, ref1
hotel fire and, ref1
interview with, ref1
Kiki’s attack on, ref1
Lancaster’s England-South Africa flight and, ref1, ref2
Lancaster’s initial England-Australia flight plans and, ref1, ref2
Lancaster’s meeting of, ref1, ref2, ref3
Lancaster’s partnership with, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Lancaster’s promise of wedding gift to Clarke and, ref1, ref2
Lancaster’s return and, ref1, ref2, ref3
Lancaster’s romantic relationship with, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30
Lancaster’s trial and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Lancaster’s trip to Mexico and, ref1, ref2, ref3
Latin-American Airways and, ref1, ref2, ref3
lecture tours of, ref1, ref2, ref3
malaria contracted by, ref1, ref2, ref3
marriage to Miller, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
marriage to Pugh, ref1, ref2
move to England, ref1, ref2
questioned after Clarke’s death, ref1, ref2
radio operator skills of, ref1
return to England, ref1
ruptured appendix of, ref1
saleswoman skills of, ref1, ref2
snake incident and, ref1
trial testimony of, ref1, ref2
in Women’s Air Derby, ref1
Kessner, Thomas, ref1
Kidman, Sidney, ref1
Kingsford Smith, Charles, ref1, ref2
Kipling, Rudyard, ref1
Kruckman, Arnold, ref1
Kunz, Opal, ref1
Lambert–St. Louis Field, ref1
Lancaster, Annie “Kiki,” ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Jessie attacked by, ref1
marriage of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
Lancaster, Edward, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Lancaster, Jack, ref1, ref2
Lancaster, Maud, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Lancaster, Nina Ann, ref1, ref2, ref3
Lancaster, Patricia, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Lancaster, William:
articles written by, ref1, ref2
athletic stunts of, ref1
birth of, ref1
character witnesses for, ref1
Cirrus engines and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Clarke’s correspondence with, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Clarke’s death and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Clarke’s friendship with, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Clarke suicide notes forged by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12
commercial license obtained by, ref1
crash in Sahara, ref1, ref2
crash in Trinidad, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Cunning-Hall Aircraft project and, ref1, ref2
death of, ref1, ref2
detectives’ search of home, ref1, ref2
discovery of crash site of, ref1, ref2, ref3
early life and family of, ref1
employment prospects following trial, ref1, ref2
England-Australia flight of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
England-Australia flight funding and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
England-Australia flight plans of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
England-South Africa flight of, ref1
film project and, ref1
financial struggles of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17
gun of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16
in jail, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
and Jessie’s disappearance during flight to Cuba, ref1, ref2, ref3
Jessie’s meeting of, ref1, ref2, ref3
Jessie’s mother and, ref1, ref2
Jessie’s partnership with, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Jessie’s romantic relationship with, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30
jury in trial of, ref1
Latin-American Airways and Mexican trip, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16
letter to Kiki, ref1
letter to Patricia, ref1
marriage of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
murder arrest and indictment, ref1, ref2
murder trial of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
murder trial testimony of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
questioned after Clarke’s death, ref1
return to England, ref1, ref2
return to Miami, ref1, ref2, re
f3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
in Royal Air Force, ref1, ref2
smuggling scheme and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
snake incident and, ref1
verdict in murder trial of, ref1
wedding gift promised to Jessie and Clarke, ref1, ref2
will drawn up by, ref1
in World War I, ref1, ref2
Lathero, James “Happy,” ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Latin-American Airways, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16
smuggling scheme and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Lavendar, Dick, ref1
Law, Ruth, ref1
Leatherman, E. B., ref1
Lee, Fitzhugh, ref1, ref2
Lee, Robert E., ref1
Liberty, ref1, ref2, ref3
Lindbergh, Charles, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Lyon, Harry, ref1
Maddux, Jack, ref1
Malta, ref1
Manchester Guardian, ref1, ref2
Man from Auburn, The (Hamilton), ref1
Man I Killed, The, ref1
Marseille, ref1
Mexico, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
smuggling scheme and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Miami, ref1, ref2, ref3
Miami All-American Air Races, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Miami Daily News, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Miami Herald, ref1, ref2, ref3
Miller, Jessie, see Keith-Miller, Jessie
Miller, Keith, ref1, ref2
Jessie’s divorce from, ref1
Jessie’s marriage to, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Mission of Flowers, ref1, ref2
Moe, J. P., ref1
Mollison, Amy, ref1
Mollison, Jim, ref1
Morris, George, ref1
Mussolini, Benito, ref1
National Air Pilots Association, ref1
National Air Races and Aeronautical Exposition, ref1
Navy Department, ref1, ref2
New Jersey Central Railroad, ref1
New York American, ref1
New York City, ref1, ref2
New York Times, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Nichols, Ruth, ref1
Ninety-Nines, ref1
Nogales, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Noyes, Blanche, ref1
Ottawa Flying Club, ref1
Pangborn, Clyde Edward, ref1, ref2
Paris, ref1, ref2
Perry, Margaret, ref1
Polidori, Titus, ref1
Post, Wiley, ref1
Prohibition, ref1, ref2
Prufert, Paul, ref1
Pugh, John, ref1
Putnam, George, ref1, ref2
Quimby, Harriet, ref1
Rangoon, ref1
Red Rose, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
crash of, ref1
Richardson, Dick, ref1
Rogers, Will, ref1
Rothstein, Arnold, ref1
Royal Air Force (RAF), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Lancaster in, ref1, ref2
Russell, Jack, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17
Lancaster’s trial testimony and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
trial testimony of, ref1, ref2, ref3
Ryrie, Granville, ref1
Sacco and Vanzetti, ref1
Sahara Desert:
discovery of Lancaster’s crash site in, ref1, ref2, ref3
Lancaster’s crash in, ref1, ref2
White Squadron in, ref1
Sallum, ref1
Scott, Blanche Stuart, ref1
Scythia, ref1
Shell Australia, ref1
Shelton, Gentry, Jr., ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15
Shelton, Gentry, Sr., ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Singapore, ref1, ref2, ref3
Sirte, ref1
Smith, Billy, ref1
Smith, Elinor, ref1
Smith, Keith, ref1
Southern Cross, ref1, ref2
Southern Cross Minor, ref1, ref2
Spain, ref1
Spicer, Chrystopher, ref1
Spirit of St. Louis, ref1
Stack, T. Neville, ref1
Standard Oil Company, ref1
Stanfords, ref1
Starr, Margaret, ref1
Stielow, Charles, ref1
Stinson, Edward, ref1
Stinson, Katherine, ref1
Stork, C. P., ref1
Stork Corporation, ref1
Sullivan, Elinor Smith, ref1
Sumatra, ref1
Sunday Express, ref1
Sydney, ref1
Sydney Times, ref1
Tait, James Nevin, ref1
Tallman, M. H., ref1, ref2
Tancrel, Mark, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18
Lancaster’s trial testimony and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Navy officer claim of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
trial testimony of, ref1, ref2
wallpaper hanging claim of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Titanic, RMS, ref1
Transcontinental Air Transport, ref1, ref2
Trans–Saharienne Company, ref1, ref2, ref3
Trinidad, Lancaster’s crash in, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Tripoli, ref1
TWA, ref1
Twain, Mark, ref1
20 Hrs., 40 Min. (Earhart), ref1
Ulm, Charles, ref1
Union Theaters, ref1
Upton, Dorothy, ref1
Upton, Frank, ref1
U.S. Army Air Corps, ref1
Victor Aircraft, ref1
Virrick, Latimer, ref1
Wakefield & Co., ref1, ref2
Warner, James, ref1
Watts, F. Q., ref1
We (Lindbergh), ref1
Weekly Times, ref1
White Squadron, ref1
Wilde, Oscar, ref1, ref2
Wings, ref1
Women’s Air Derby, ref1
Woods, Jessie, ref1
World War I, ref1, ref2, ref3
aviation in, ref1
Lancaster in, ref1, ref2
World War II, ref1, ref2
Wright, Orville and Wilbur, ref1
Wright Aeronautical Corporation, ref1
Yancey, Lon, ref1
Zola, Emile, ref1
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1. Bill Lancaster in the Royal Air Force
2. Bill kissing Kiki goodbye just before he and Jessie depart on their record-setting adventure
3. Jessie and Bill after landing on an unidentified Australian beach, 1928
4. Bill and Jessie after arriving in Darwin, March 19, 1928
5. Bill and Jessie greet an adoring crowd in Australia.
6. The Powder Puff Derby participants at Parks Field, East St. Louis, August 24, 1929. Jessie is second from the left; Amelia Earhart is fourth from the right.
7. Jessie in her stylish aviator outfit, 1930
8. Jessie with her Fleet biplane during the Ford Reliability Tour, 1929
9. Haden Clarke
10. A “Sensational Miami Love Triangle”
11. A game-faced Bill shaking hands with Latin-American Airways’ Mark Tancrel as Jack Russell beams his approval, 1933
12. An unhappy Jessie on the witness stand, Miami, August 1932
13. Vernon Hawthorne grilling Bill as Judge Atkinson looks on, August 1932
14. The wreck of the Southern Cross Minor, February 1962
15. A page from Bill’s Sahara diary
1. Bill Lancaster in the Royal Air Force
2. Bill kissing Kiki goodbye just bef
ore he and Jessie depart on their record-setting adventure
3. Jessie and Bill after landing on an unidentified Australian beach, 1928
4. Bill and Jessie after arriving in Darwin, March 19, 1928
5. Bill and Jessie greet an adoring crowd in Australia.
6. The Powder Puff Derby participants at Parks Field, East St. Louis, August 24, 1929. Jessie is second from the left; Amelia Earhart is fourth from the right.
7. Jessie in her stylish aviator outfit, 1930
8. Jessie with her Fleet biplane during the Ford Reliability Tour, 1929
9. Haden Clarke
10. A “Sensational Miami Love Triangle”
11. A game-faced Bill shaking hands with Latin-American Airways’ Mark Tancrel as Jack Russell beams his approval, 1933
12. An unhappy Jessie on the witness stand, Miami, August 1932
13. Vernon Hawthorne grilling Bill as Judge Atkinson looks on, August 1932
14. The wreck of the Southern Cross Minor, February 1962
15. A page from Bill’s Sahara diary
ALSO BY COREY MEAD
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ANGELIC MUSIC: THE STORY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S GLASS ARMONICA
First published 2018 by Flatiron Books, New York
First published in the UK 2018 by Macmillan
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