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Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds: The Tragedy and Triumph of ASA Flight 529 [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
by Pomerantz, Gary M
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New York, NY: Crown Publishing Group (NY), 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Very good in fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed 'For Sam & Joanne-now that we ve moved west, I hope to get to know you in the years ahead. Best wishes' by author on the title page. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket as new. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Book has mild softening to the cap and base of spine. The pageblock has a dampstain on the bottom and moisture-rippling. A journalist s account of the human reaction to an impending plane crash and its aftermath. By the author of Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: A Saga of Race and Family and Their Life's Work: The Brotherhood of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers, Then and Now. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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Gary M. Pomerantz served the past two years as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism at Emory University in Atlanta. His first book, Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn , was named a 1996 Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times . He captured the Ernie Pyle Award for human interest writing in 1999 and the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi award for feature writing for his seven-part series in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the air crash that is the subject of this book. He lives with his wife and three children near San Francisco.
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- Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds: The Tragedy and Triumph of ASA Flight 529 [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
- Author
- Pomerantz, Gary M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- Quantity Available
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- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0609606336
- ISBN 13
- 9780609606339
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group (NY)
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 304
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