• The Robert Wichard Pohl letters, which are the basis of this book, have never before been translated or published.
• Pohl provides a rare personal account of life aboard a WWI airship
• This was the first flight to exceed 100 hours, and to prove that Zeppelins were, indeed, capable of flying across the Atlantic Ocean.

An author and tour guide based in Washington, DC. In between tours, Robert Pohl researches and writes about history. This is his fifth book, and the first to combine his interests in aviation, genealogy, and history. He is a direct descendant of Robert Wichard Pohl.