They called it the Airman's Airline ... the Airline of the Stars. Its passengers hummed "up, up and away" as it thundered into the jet age. It was born of aviators such as Charles Lindbeergh and sustained by mystery-man Howard Hughes. And it was Kansas City's. It was here that the airline got its first start and experienced its most glorious years. Now, as the TWA name becomes a memory, Kansas City Star Books chronicles the life of TWA, Kansas City's Hometown Airlines, through a lens that is distinctly local. No other book examines as extensively the airline's emotional and historical roots that were originally Kansas City's and run deep to this day. It's a tale of guts and glamour, or romance and celebrity. Or risk-takers fighting red ink. TWA is, and will forever be, a Kansas City story. Celebrate that legacy with TWA : Hometown Airline.
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Julius A. Karash, a business reporter for The Kansas City Star, covered the airline industry for The Star from 1990 to 1995, and for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram from 1983 to 1984. He is a 1976 journalism graduate of the University of Missouri and lives with his wife and daughter in Prairie Village, Kansas.
Rick Montgomery is the national correspondent for The Kansas City Star and has written on a variety of subjects since joining the staff in 1986. He co-authored the best-selling book "Kansas City: An American Story," which traces Kansas City's birth to present. He is a 1982 journalism graduate of Iowa State University and lives with his wife and two sons in Prairie Village, Kansas.
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