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Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am
By Cooke, Julia
- ISBN
- 9780358251408
- Publisher
- Houghton Harcourt
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Starred Review on February 1, 2021 | Around The World
Pan Am once represented the gold standard for jetsetters, largely due to the women that worked for it. In order to meet the requirements for the seemingly glamorous job, hopeful applicants were willing to endure strict height and weight requirements. In this latest work, Cooke (The Other Side of Paradise) chronicles the rise, and eventual downfall, of Pan Am through the personal stories of the women who were the face of the company: ste...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
