{"product_id":"vanishing-point-9781501769641","title":"Vanishing Point","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanishing Point\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, award winning journalist and author Tom Wilber pieces together the largely forgotten story of the bomber, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGetaway Gertie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, and an eclectic group of enthusiasts who have spent years searching for it. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the height of World War II, a B-24 Liberator bomber vanished with its crew while on a training mission over upstate New York. The final hours and ultimate resting place of pilot Keith Ponder and seven other US aviators aboard the plane remain mysteries to this day. The tale is at once a compelling instance of loss on the World War II American home front and a more extensive, largely unreported history. Pondera 21-year-old from rural Mississippiand his crew were tragically unexceptional casualties in the monumental effort to recruit and train an air force en masse to counter the global conquest of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. More than fifteen thousand American airmen and, in some cases, women burned, crashe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmoothly written and painstakingly researched, this is a fitting tribute to unsung heroes of the Greatest Generation.\u003c\/p\u003e * Publisher's Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanishing Point\u003c\/i\u003e unspools what happened—or might have happened—to Ponder's ill-fated flight. It's the story of the story, the people behind the story, and the keepers of the story who maintain a vigil of exploration nearly 80 years later.\u003c\/p\u003e * USA Today *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Wilber, author of \u003ci\u003eVanishing Point\u003c\/i\u003e which documents the case of the \"Getaway Gertie\" crew, said that few people today are aware of the stunning casualty rate of training exercises. Thousands perished while preparing to fight in the second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409371013463,"sku":"9781501769641","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501769641.jpg?v=1730506571","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/vanishing-point-9781501769641","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}