About the Book: Shadow Before the Flame
In the 1930s, the airship was viewed as the future of transatlantic travel and
a brave new era of global connectedness. Germanys safe, fast and efficient
airships brought it back into the international fold after its humiliation in
World War I. But on May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg airship caught fire in the sky
over New Jersey in a blaze that shocked the world and presaged another era of
senseless violence.
In Shadow Before the Flame, acclaimed historian Catherine Grace Katz uncovers
fresh research that unveils the Hindenburg disaster at a pivotal moment in time,
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