River of January

"I can't lose her, Ednah. I have already lost more than I can bear . . ." declared a frightened and resolute mother. Her momentous vow forged a triangle of tension that shaped the destiny of an American family. Part one, of two volumes, "River of January," taken from their own words and papers, examines the dizzying development of the Twentieth Century through the lives of a dashing aviator and a glittering dancer. Readers journey the globe on crowded passenger cars, aboard ocean liners, and breathlessly racing through the night sky. Virginia farm boy, Mont Chumbley ached to fly--beautiful and talented Helen Thompson trained tirelessly for stardom. But Bertha, Helen's forceful stage mother, alone dictated her daughter's every decision. So it was far away from her mother, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil that Helen met Mont Chumbley, and the two quickly fell in love. Returning to New York to marry, the couple encountered Helen’s furious mother, at the Brooklyn docks.