Character & Characters: The Spirit of Alaska Airlines

Robert Serling

This is the history of Alaska's last legacy airline, Alaska Airlines. The book is titled Character & Characters in recognition of those who flew the planes and marked the airline's transformation from a single-aircraft bush operator in 1932 to a major U.S. carrier.

From Alaska Airline's fabled beginnings serving the far reaches of America's "Last Frontier" to its present-day network stretching from Barrow to Zihuatanejo and Boston to Honolulu; from creative promotions to its historic flights that linked the United States with the Russian far east; from distinctive in-flight service to the first online ticket sales, Character & Characters chronicles the unusual stories and colorful people behind this uncommonly independent airlines.

"Character & Characters is a true joy to read! Bob Serling is literally the only author who could plow past all the corporate sensitivities and typical cautions and craft a truly human book." (John J. Nance, author, veteran pilot, and ABC World News aviation analyst)

Client: Alaska Airlines

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Corporate History Books

ISBN: 978-1-933245-11-9

Hardcover, 6 x 9 inches, 496 pages, text with images

Cover price: $29.95