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Flight of Passage: A Memoir
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Flight of Passage: A Memoir Paperback - 1998

by Rinker Buck

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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.

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Hyperion, June 1998. Paperback. Used - Very Good.
Used - Very Good
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  • Title Flight of Passage: A Memoir
  • Author Rinker Buck
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 351
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Hyperion, New York, NY, U.S.A.
  • Date June 1998
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 260829
  • 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

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

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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.