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Come fly the world : the jet-age story of the women of Pan Am / Julia Cooke.
"A lively, unexpected portrait of the jet-age stewardesses serving on iconic Pan Am airways between 1966 and 1975"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 0358251389
- ISBN: 9780358251385
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 266 pages) : illustrations
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | A jet-age job -- Horizons unlimited -- A woman in uniform -- Pipeline to paradise -- Foreign service -- Pan Am was the American flag -- Unequivocally in the world -- One, two, three, what are we fighting for? -- What do you women want? -- I'm okay, you're okay -- Open skies for Negro girls -- She's so busy being free -- Splendid capitalist airplanes -- De facto feminist -- A matter of serious and continuing concern -- An extension of the airline -- Everything flyable -- War comes aboard -- The most incredible scene -- The only lonely place was on the moon. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 02, 2021). |
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