Flying Down to Rio Hollywood, Tourists, and Yankee Clippers

This book seems to hit virtually every thing of note in the crucial period of modern entertainment and aviation . . . a wonderful tapestry of technology, war, popular culture and social change. . . . an enjoyable read, while providing insights useful to the scholar as well as the general reader . . . history as it ought to be, but seldom is in reality. She has fused imagination, humor, has an eye for attractive detail, and is a skilled writer and historian. . . . It sets a new standard that places aviation history within a very insightful context and ties together a whole range of elements from tourism, popular culture, social change, evolving appreciation for the potential of aviation, politics, etc.--Colin M. MacLachlan, John Christie Barr Distinguished Professor of History, Tulane UniversitySchwartz, Rosalie is the author of 'Flying Down to Rio Hollywood, Tourists, and Yankee Clippers', published 2004 under ISBN 9781585443826 and ISBN 1585443824.