Americans in a world at war : intimate histories from the crash of Pan Am's Yankee Clipper /
"On February 21, 1943, Pan American Airways' celebrated seaplane, the Yankee Clipper, took off from New York's Marine Air Terminal and island-hopped its way across the Atlantic Ocean. Arriving at Lisbon the following evening, it crashed in the Tagus River, killing twenty-four of its t...
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Into the Vortex
- Part I: 1914-1920
- Balloon Work George hopes to fight in France
- Autumn Flies Tamara survives civil war in Ukraine
- Blood of the Earth Harry learns the oil business in Romania
- Tramp Trade Manuel watches the Great War tear Spain apart
- Interlude: New York to Bermuda Sully greets his passengers
- Part II: 1920-1939
- Free Lunches Frank competes in the Amsterdam Olympics
- Unfinished People Tamara struggles in the Bronx
- The Silk-Stocking Revolt George runs for Congress against
- the New Deal
- Twelve Mile River Ben falls in love with Roosevelt's
- Washington
- Woman and Bird Tamara finds fame on Broadway
- Tea-Time Frank moves to the Philippines
- Stolen Soil Manuel's schemes reach Mexico and Cuba
- Interlude: Bermuda to the Azores Sully flies past the Point of
- No Return
- Part III: 1939-1942
- Three-Minute Channel Ben endures the London Blitz
- Back to Porridge Frank contends with the fall of the
- Netherlands
- Ship's Stores Manuel is arrested for smuggling
- Easy Dish Frank braves the invasion of Java
- Red Mississippi Ben reports from Russia
- Hold Your Hats George joins the army
- Interlude: The Azores to Portugal Sully prepares for
- arrival
- Part IV: 1942-1943
- Patent Denials Harry manages his company's German ties
- Dangerous Acts Tamara volunteers to entertain troops
- The Charter Offer Manuel makes a bargain
- Small Potatoes Frank broadcasts from Australia
- Acid Test Ben witnesses the Quit India campaign
- Hot Questions George testifies before Congress
- Conclusion: A Strange and Frightening World.