by Jon E. Krupnick '65J.D. (Pictorial Histories)
"In an era of fast planes and high tech theme parks, it
is truly refreshing to be able to be taken back in time by the
pages of a book," writes singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett
in a foreword to this oversized pictorial history. Covering the
years 1935 to 1946, when Pan Am established mail and passenger
flights across the Pacific, the colorful tome tells the story
of those historic days through personal interviews, logs of early
Pan Am employees, and vintage photographs, souvenir flight covers,
posters, old postcards and memorabilia. The author created a website
for Pan Am aviation buffs at www.pacificpioneers.com.
(June 2004)
