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Flight of Passage: A True Story
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Flight of Passage: A True Story Paperback - 1998

by Rinker Buck

Praised as a "riveting adventure tale, loopy travelogue, and powerful family memoir in one ingeniously crafted package" (Harry Stein, "One of the Guys"), this beautiful memoir tells "an enchanting story of youthful accomplishment" ("Kirkus"). 25 photos.


From the publisher

Writer Rinker Buck looks back more than 30 years to a summer when he and his brother, at ages 15 and 17 respectively, became the youngest duo to fly across America, from New Jersey to California. Having grown up in an aviation family, the two boys bought an old Piper Cub, restored it themselves, and set out on the grand journey. Buck is a great storyteller, and once you get airborne with the boys you find yourself absorbed in a story of adventure and family drama. And Flight of Passage is also an affecting look back to the summer of 1966, when the times seemed much less cynical and adventures much more enjoyable.

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MY BROTHER DUMBFOUNDED US WITH HIS PLAN ON A SATURDAY afternoon in October.

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  • Title Flight of Passage: A True Story
  • Author Rinker Buck
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Hachette Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
  • Date 1998-06-14
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Maps
  • ISBN 9780786883158 / 0786883154
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.54 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
    • Topical: Coming of Age
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Description and travel, Transcontinental flights - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96027745
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Rinker Buck began his career as a reporter for the Berkshire Eagle in western Massachusetts. He then worked for New York, Life, and Adweek magazines, and his articles and columns have appeared in numerous national magazines and newspapers. Flight of Passage is his first book. He and his wife, Amelia de Neergaard, live with their two daughters in Cornwall, Connecticut.
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