The race to make the first nonstop flight between New York and paris attracted some of the most famous and seasoned aviators of the day, yet it was the young and virtually unknown Charles Lindbergh who won the $25,000 Orteig Prize for his history-making solo flight in the Spirit of St. Louis. Drawing on many previously overlooked sources, The Big Jump looks at the personalities that made up the epic air race - a deadly competition that culminated in one of the most thrilling personal achievements of the 20th Century, and turned Charles Lindbergh into the first international hero of the modern age.