Come Fly The World Pan Ams Stewardesses Role In History By Julia Cooke

Book Review Of Come Fly The World The Jet Age Story Of The Women Of Come fly the world opens an intimate porthole into the life they chose aboard pan american.” —air mail “journalist cooke (the other side of paradise) recounts in this dramatic history the surprising role pan am stewardesses played in the vietnam war….skillfully intertwining jet age excitement with the tumultuous politics of the era. Cooke brings to life the story of pan am stewardesses’ role in the vietnam war, as the airline added runs from saigon to hong kong for planeloads 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.

Come Fly The World New Book On The Women Of Pan Am I loved this book! it was great to read about the stewardesses of pan am, but it was about so much more. julia cooke wraps her account in a fantastic review of cultural history from the late 1950s to 1970ish. significant events, political attitudes, women’s ideas, and how the stewardesses interacted with it all creates a book well worth reading. The most startling chapters of “come fly the world” center on pan am’s role during the vietnam war, when the airline offered to ferry troops from saigon across asia for relaxation at a deep. Julia cooke is a journalist and travel writer whose features and personal essays have been published in time, smithsonian, condé nast traveler, and saveur. she is the author of the other side of paradise: life in the new cuba. the daughter of a former pan am executive, cooke grew up in the pan am "family," a still strong network across the globe. Come fly the world opens an intimate porthole into the life they chose aboard pan american.” —air mail “journalist cooke (the other side of paradise) recounts in this dramatic history the surprising role pan am stewardesses played in the vietnam war….skillfully intertwining jet age excitement with the tumultuous politics of the era.

Come Fly The World By Julia Cooke Waterstones Julia cooke is a journalist and travel writer whose features and personal essays have been published in time, smithsonian, condé nast traveler, and saveur. she is the author of the other side of paradise: life in the new cuba. the daughter of a former pan am executive, cooke grew up in the pan am "family," a still strong network across the globe. Come fly the world opens an intimate porthole into the life they chose aboard pan american.” —air mail “journalist cooke (the other side of paradise) recounts in this dramatic history the surprising role pan am stewardesses played in the vietnam war….skillfully intertwining jet age excitement with the tumultuous politics of the era. Come fly the world. : travel writer julia cooke's exhilarating portrait of pan am stewardesses in the mad men era. glamour, danger, liberation: in the jet age, pan am offered young women the world. come fly the world tells the story of the stewardesses who served on the iconic pan american airways between 1966 and 1975 – and of the unseen. Come fly the world: the women of pan am at war and peace, by julia cooke, icon books, rrp£16.99, 274 pages. peggy hollinger is the ft’s international business editor. join our online book group.