"Charles Lindbergh: The Lone Eagle" is an outstanding, well researched and compassionately performed story of Charles Lindbergh, one of New Jersey's most controversial characters. It is a one-man show featuring author and actor Steve Carroll who has prepared this work to coincide with Lindbergh's 100th birthday and the 75th anniversary of his famous transatlantic flight.
In 1869, ten men in four boats set out to explore the last unknown territory in America. A one-armed, Civil War major, John Wesley Powell - whom one of the world's most beautiful, scenic lakes has since been named after - leads the first river adventure down the Colorado River, through the Grand Canyon. He is determined to make his mark as a scientist and an explorer, and will risk the lives of nine men to do it. Three months later, only six men and two boats emerge on the other side. Their epic journey begins as a scientific quest, and ends as a struggle for survival.
During World War I, British Lt. Comdr. Geoffrey Spicer-Simson led a troop of 28 men into the heart of Africa. Their task: to destroy three German ships on Lake Tanganyika. Few wartime achievements match Spicer-Simsonís successfully executed mission, which involved a nine thousand mile trek, dragging two ships through wild terrain, down rivers, and up mountains. This true story formed the basis for Hollywood's African Queen.
Earth is an ocean planet. Water covers over seventy percent of its surface at an average depth of two miles. Yet at the beginning of the twentieth century, though human explorers have navigated the earth and soared through the skies, one earthly realm remains silent and hostile: The deep. Its crushing pressures kill all who attempt to invade its forbidden darkness. Then, in 1930, an adventurous scientist and a wealthy dreamer undertake a daring voyage in a tiny steel capsule, to a place no living man has ever gone. Success will make them ocean science pioneers. Failure will end in death. Awaiting them... beckoning them... is a fantastic unexplored universe. This is the story of these first intrepid descents into the abyss.
The Panama Canal is considered one of the wonders of the modern world. It ranks among the greatest engineering achievements of the 20th century. Of the many men who worked on the project, Dr. William Gorgas and John Stevens stand out for their extraordinary achievements in spite of seemingly insurmountable obstacles.