Flight of Passage: A Memoir

Buck, Rinker

ISBN 10: 0786883154 / ISBN 13: 9780786883158

Published by Hyperion, 1998

About this Item

Book shows noticeable wear from use. May include writing, highlighting, or other markings, but not excessive. Cover or edges may have visible wear. The book remains complete and fully readable.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Flight of Passage: A Memoir
• Publisher: Hyperion
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786883154
• ISBN 13: 9780786883158
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: acceptable

About this title

Synopsis

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.

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.