From the coauthor of the national best-seller

The Wild Blue comes an exciting and roman-

tie story of the pioneering men and women

who devoted-and sacrificed-their lives to

conquer the sky.

Now, in his splendid Trophy for Eagles,

Walter Boyne has written a realistic and vivid

historical novel about the golden age of avia-

tion and the daring men and women who

competed for prizes, jobs, love, and glory. At

the heart of the story is the fierce rivalry

between two men in an America between the

wars. Frank Bandfield is a courageous boy

wonder who possesses a unique combination

of flying and engineering skills and an idealism

that often gets him into trouble. Bruno Haf-

ner, a German World War I ace who misses the

thrill of battle, is a dangerous and unscrupu-

lous flyer and businessman with a killer

instinct. Over the course of a decade, as other

aviators in their group, including the young

Charles Lindbergh, the enigmatic Howard

Hughes, and the reluctant aviatrix Amelia

Earhart, take to the sky to set records for dis-

tance, speed, and human endurance, these

sworn enemies will fight*it out in the air and

on the ground, in flying competitions, busi-

ness, and, finally, in war.