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02928aam a22004698i 4500 001 0CFDD67E06FC11ECA4882FC934ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210827010013 007 tb 008 210412t20212021meuab db 000 0deng 010 $a 2021015286 020 $a 1432889753 020 $a 9781432889753 035 $a (OCoLC)1248600164 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d GO6 $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HD8039.A432 $b U6323 2021 082 00 $a 387.7/42092520973 $2 23 100 1 $a Cooke, Julia, $e author. 245 10 $a Come fly the world : $b the jet-age story of the women of Pan Am / $c by Julia Cooke. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, $c 2021. 300 $a 455 pages (large print) : $b illustrations, map ; $c 23 cm 340 $n large print (16 point) $2 rdafs 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "Glamour, danger, liberation: in a Mad Men-era of commercial flight, Pan Am World Airways attracted the kind of young woman who wanted out and wanted up. Required to have a college education, speak two languages, and possess the political savvy of a Foreign Service officer, a jet-age stewardess serving on iconic Pan Am between 1966 and 1975 also had to be between 5'3" and 5'9", between 105 and 140 pounds, and under 26 years of age at the time of hire. Cooke's intimate storytelling weaves together the real-life stories of a memorable cast of characters, from small-town girl Lynne Totten, a science major who decided life in a lab was not for her, to Hazel Bowie, one of the relatively few Black stewardesses of the era, as they embraced the liberation of their new jet-set life. Cooke brings to light the story of Pan Am stewardesses' role in the Vietnam War, as the airline added runs from Saigon to Hong Kong for plane loads of weary young soldiers straight from the battlefields, who were off for five days of R&R and then flown back to war. Finally, with Operation Babylift--the dramatic evacuation of 2,000 children during the fall of Saigon--the book's special cast of stewardesses unites to play an extraordinary role on the world stage"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a Pan American World Airways, Inc $x History. 610 20 $a Pan American World Airways, Inc $x Employees $v Biography. 650 0 $a Flight attendants $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Flight attendants $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Sex role in the work environment $z United States. 650 0 $a Large type books. 941 $a 5 945 $a lpt 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012011104.0 952 $l BNPD611 $d 20211116014733.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20210917012308.0 952 $l BKPC251 $d 20210827151840.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210827010211.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0CFDD67E06FC11ECA4882FC934ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search