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Flight of Passage

by Rinker Buck

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ISBN13: 9780786883158
ISBN10: 0786883154
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Rinker Buck's beautiful memoir of fathers, sons, and adventure in the skies won abundant praise from critics and readers across the country. Now available in trade paperback, Flight of Passage is set to become the new favorite of the audience of millions who loved A River Runs Through It and My Old Man and the Sea.

In the summer of 1966, 15-year-old Rinker and 17-year-old Kern Buck bought a battered Piper Cub for $300 and set out for California. But the real story, Buck later realized, lay elsewhere: "The odyssey", he knew, "was us". Rinker and Kern's father taught his sons to rebuild planes and fly them by the old seat-of-the-pants technique. With their father no longer able to fly, the brothers took to the skies — alone.

Flight of Passage has been praised as "a riveting adventure tale, loopy travelogue, and powerful family memoir in one ingeniously crafted package" (Harry Stein, One of the Guys) and an "enchanting story of youthful accomplishment" (Kirkus). Buck weaves a powerful story with verve, insight, grace, and compassion.

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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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Lisa Siegle, September 26, 2006 (view all comments by Lisa Siegle)
This is an outstanding adventure story that had me and my 13-year-old future pilot son laughing out loud. I read it aloud to him while touring air museums of the Pacific Northwest (don't miss Tillamook or the Fokker Triplane in Eugene!) and it was perfect for him, the airplane obsessed, and me, the story obsessed. Insightful and hysterical, what a combination!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780786883158
Author:
Buck, Rinker
Publisher:
Hyperion Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Aviation - General
Subject:
Aeronautics
Subject:
Adventurers & Explorers
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Scientists
Subject:
Transcontinental flights
Subject:
Travel
Subject:
United States Description and travel.
Subject:
Transcontinental flights -- United States.
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1st pbk. ed.
Series Volume:
503
Publication Date:
June 1998
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
368
Dimensions:
9.24x5.52x.95 in. .81 lbs.

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