![]() ![]() The story takes place against the background of Amelia Earhart’s around-the-world flight, which figures somewhat mystically in the novel’s airborne climax. ![]() In doing so, he unknowingly places himself, Annelise, and Yakima in jeopardy with the gangsters who are desperate to retrieve the watch. Things become complicated when Huck finds a dead body and removes from the corpse a special Longines Lindbergh flight watch. Free-spirited Annelise dives right in to Huck’s project, as does blacksmith Yakima McKee. He receives unexpected help when his cousin, 18-year-old Annelise Clutterbuck, arrives for a stay, her parents thinking it best to put physical distance between her and her aviator boyfriend. ![]() The year is 1937, and in Big Coulee, Mont., 14-year-old Houston “Huck” Finn is building his own airplane based on plans he found. Brooks ( Painted Horses) tells an appealing story about a boy who longs to fly. ![]()
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