Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke

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

Julia Cooke

274 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history travel informative medium-paced

Description

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 degree, speak two languages, and possess the political savvy of a F...

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informative 94%
adventurous 65%
inspiring 37%
reflective 31%
emotional 18%
hopeful 6%
lighthearted 6%
sad 6%
challenging 3%
funny 3%
relaxing 3%
tense 2%

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slow 18%
fast 10%

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