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Come fly the world : the jet-age story of the women of Pan Am Cover Image Book Book
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Come fly the world : the jet-age story of the women of Pan Am

Cooke, Julia (author.).

Summary: "A lively, unexpected portrait of the jet-age stewardesses serving on iconic Pan Am airways between 1966 and 1975."--

Record details

  • ISBN: 0358251400 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9780358251408 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: vii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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  • Publisher: Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
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    • Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 2 / 5.0

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-256) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Part 1: The wrong kind of girl. 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? --Part 2: You can't fly me. 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 --Part 3: Women's work. Everything flyable ; War comes aboard ; The most incredible scene ; The only lonely place was on the moon -- Epilogue.

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  • 36 of 36 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 1 current hold with 36 total copies.
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Abington Community Library 387.742 COOKE (Text) 50687011706184 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 387.742 COOKE (Text) 50686015711471 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library 387.7 COO (Text) 37268003100542 AHMFL Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Ashland Public Library 387.8 COO (Text) 3039900035306+ Non-fiction Available -
Bangor Public Library 387.7 COO (Text) 75011000351442 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Boone Area Library 387.742 COO (Text) 33249023598059 Non-fiction Available -
Cambria County Library 387.7 C772c (Text) 85131001760918 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library 387.742 COOKE (Text) 50688010788942 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults 387.7 COO Nonfiction (Text) 34001001389376 Adult Area Available -
Dover Area Community Library Adults 387.7 COO Nonfiction (Text) 34217000845016 Adult Area Available -
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