ome people have dreams that are so magnificent that if they were to achieve them, their place in history would be guaranteed. people like christopher columbus, isaac newton, florence nightingale, thomas edison, nancy astor, charles lindbergh, amy johnson, edmund hilary and neil armstrong—their unparalleled success has made their stories into legend. but what if one man had such a dream, and once he’d achieved it, there was no proof that he had fulfilled his ambition?