Americans in a World at War by Brooke L.  Blower (Hardback Book)

Americans in a World at War by Brooke L. Blower (Hardback Book)

Oxford University Press Inc

Americans in a World at WarIntimate Histories from the Crash of Pan Am's Yankee Clipper\nAuthor(s): Brooke L. Blower\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc, United States\nImprint: Oxford University Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780199322008, 978-0199322008\nSynopsis\nA vivid narrative of an ill-fated Pan American flight during World War II that captures the dramatic backstories of its passengers and, through them, the impact of Americans' global connections. \n\nOn 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 thirty-nine passengers and crew. Americans in a World at War traces the backstories of seven worldly Americans aboard that plane, their personal histories, their politics, and the paths that led them toward war.\n\nCombat soldiers made u""

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