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Come Fly the World: The Jet – Age Story of the Women of Pan Am

★ Goodread’s Choice Awards – History & Biography

Julia Cooke uses Come Fly the World to investigate the Jet: Age Story of the Women of Pan Am through a carefully framed historical account. Its account follows central actors and turning points while showing how the story reflects questions in the connected fields of history and transportation. Attention to evidence keeps the discussion anchored while allowing disagreement, uncertainty, and unintended consequences to remain visible. Readers finish with a sharper understanding of the subject and why its consequences still deserve attention.

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 2021
Format: Print edition
Pages: 266
ISBN: 9780358251408

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History: Women (History)Transportation: Aviation – Commercial Transportation: Aviation – History

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