{"product_id":"come-fly-the-world-9780358699187","title":"Come Fly the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlamour, danger, liberation: in a \u003cem\u003eMad Men \u003c\/em\u003eera of commercial flight, Pan Am World Airways attracted the kind of young woman who wanted out, and wanted up\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRequired to have a college degree, 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 twenty-six years old 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCooke 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 plan","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525014233431,"sku":"9780358699187","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780358699187.jpg?v=1731858938","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/come-fly-the-world-9780358699187","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}