{"product_id":"shadow-before-the-flame-the-hindenburg-disaster-and-the-prelude-to-war","title":"Shadow Before the Flame: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Prelude to War","description":"\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"book-overview\"\u003e\u003ch2 id=\"book-overview\"\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eShadow Before the Flame\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCatherine Grace Katz revisits the Hindenburg disaster through the people who built, promoted, flew, and reported on the airship. On May 6, 1937, its arrival at Lakehurst, New Jersey, became a catastrophe witnessed around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe history reaches beyond the familiar photograph of a burning zeppelin. Katz connects the promise of transatlantic flight with the political pressures of the 1930s, when technological prestige and Nazi propaganda shaped the meaning of an extraordinary machine. Passengers, crew, and journalists bring that larger history to a human scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFull title:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eShadow Before the Flame: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Prelude to War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Catherine Grace Katz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Viking hardcover, September 22, 2026; 496 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780593832189\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy Read This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor readers interested in history, geopolitics, and the relationship between technology and power, the book offers a way to reconsider an iconic disaster within the world approaching the Second World War. Its focus on individual lives also opens questions about how an event becomes a public image and how that image can eclipse its context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003c!-- SEO\/GEO context: Shadow Before the Flame is a nonfiction history by Catherine Grace Katz about the 1937 Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst, New Jersey, transatlantic aviation, Nazi propaganda, and the prelude to World War II. This record belongs to the Elliot Ackerman Book Club catalog. --\u003e","brand":"Catherine Grace Katz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47669748007074,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/Shadow_Before_the_Flame_-_The_Hindenburg_Disaster_and_the_Prelude_to_War.jpg?v=1788046374","url":"https:\/\/elliotackerman.net\/products\/shadow-before-the-flame-the-hindenburg-disaster-and-the-prelude-to-war","provider":"Elliot Ackerman","version":"1.0","type":"link"}