Publisher's Synopsis
Fortified with only a gallon of gin and a salami; Smurch bests even Lindberg with the first non-stop; around the world flight. During the four days he's airborne; this unknown kid becomes a world hero. But; on the ground a young reporter; anxious to tell the world about their new idol; learns Smurch is bad news. An arrogant; illiterate lout with a police record; Smurch's only interests are "parties; broads and dough." But; the reporter is silenced and Smurch is locked up until the press and politicos can make him into their kind of American hero at any cost.
