Richard Bach presents a journey of questions and challenges, delight and disaster, with "answers" as unique as the individual who dares to join his quest.

"Keith O'Brien weaves together the stories of five remarkable women: Florence Klingensmith, a high school dropout who worked for a dry cleaner in Fargo, North Dakota; Ruth Elder, an Alabama housewife; Amelia Earhart, the most famous, but not necessarily the most skilled; Ruth Nichols, who chafed at the constraints of her blue blood family's expectations; and Louise Thaden, the mother of two young kids who got her start selling coal in Wichita, Kansas....

Examines the professional and personal qualities of an airline captain through discussions with George Elbel, Captain for Delta Air Lines.