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itle: Flight of DreamsAuthor: Ariel Lawhon
Genre: Historical Fiction
Other books I have read by this author: The Wife, The Maid, and the Mistress
Synopsis: This story follows several people, both crew and passenger, and their experiences on the last flight of the Hindenburg. From take-off to disastrous landing, what might it have been like for those who were aboard the grand zeppelin? What really caused it to go up in flames?
My Thoughts
This was another recommendation loaned to me by a co-worker. Like the first book I read by this author, Lawhon uses multiple points of view to explore an infamous historical mystery; what happened on the Hindenburg to cause it to burst into flames? She uses detailed research to find facts to form the backbone of the story and then fills in the missing details with her fictional version of the character's experiences. The reader gets to experience the flight from the perspective of a stewardess, only female crew member ever on a Zepplin; a navigator, a teenaged cabin boy, a German journalist passenger, and a mysterious American passenger.
In the author's note, Lawhon mentions that the characters were all real people who were on that flight and that she chose to keep their fates, whether they survived the explosion or not, true to history. I think that is such a cool choice, writing a fictional story knowing what happened to these real people in real life. I loved the mystery and the author's choice for her version of what caused the disaster.
Comment below if you have read this book or have suggestions for others like it!
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To see more from the author, visit the website linked above
This was another recommendation loaned to me by a co-worker. Like the first book I read by this author, Lawhon uses multiple points of view to explore an infamous historical mystery; what happened on the Hindenburg to cause it to burst into flames? She uses detailed research to find facts to form the backbone of the story and then fills in the missing details with her fictional version of the character's experiences. The reader gets to experience the flight from the perspective of a stewardess, only female crew member ever on a Zepplin; a navigator, a teenaged cabin boy, a German journalist passenger, and a mysterious American passenger.
In the author's note, Lawhon mentions that the characters were all real people who were on that flight and that she chose to keep their fates, whether they survived the explosion or not, true to history. I think that is such a cool choice, writing a fictional story knowing what happened to these real people in real life. I loved the mystery and the author's choice for her version of what caused the disaster.
Comment below if you have read this book or have suggestions for others like it!
To buy this book from Amazon now, click on the image at the top of the post.
To see more from the author, visit the website linked above
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