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Reviewed on November 15, 2015 | Fiction
Lawhon (The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress) fictionalizes the three-day transatlantic flight of the German passenger airship Hindenburg before it exploded on May 6, 1937, while trying to dock at Lakehurst, NJ. Although the ship's fiery end (from which came the radio newscast featuring the oft-quoted " Oh, the humanity!") would seemingly not require any more drama, the author escalates the tension with a variety of subplots involving ill-...Log In or Sign Up to Read More