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My Hijacking: A Personal History of Forgetting and Remembering by Hodes, Martha
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780062699794
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062699792
ISBN-13
9780062699794
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22057245955
Product Key Features
Book Title
My Hijacking : a Personal History of Forgetting and Remembering
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Terrorism, Aviation / General, Personal Memoirs, Middle East / Israel & Palestine
Publication Year
2023
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2023-281130
Dewey Edition
23/eng/20230627
Reviews
"Revolutionary, revelatory, and deeply moving, My Hijacking starts where other memoirs stop--at the absolute limits of memory. A terrific work of suspense and a magnificent achievement that sets a new benchmark for the genre." -- Nell Zink, author of Avalon, "My Hijacking is a historian's riveting account of having been, as a child, made an unwilling participant in a historic event. A skillful combination of memoir and history, Hodes's talents as a historian and writer are on full display in this beautifully written and deeply affecting work." -- Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Times bestselling author of On Juneteenth "In this singular and riveting book, Martha Hodes uses her considerable skills as a prize-winning historian to reconstruct her own experiences as a young girl aboard a hijacked plane in the Jordan desert in 1970. Taking multiple paths into the question of why she remembered so little of what she lived and felt during that traumatic event, Hodes has given us a moving and unforgettable meditation not just on history and memory, but also on family and the silences they guard." -- Ada Ferrer, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Cuba: An American History "Martha Hodes is one of the best writers in the profession of American historians. In this book she transcends the art of history as she also practices it, crafting a memoir of gripping power and courage about her "voyage into forgetting and remembering". Hodes delivers something sacred - a heroic search to "unbury" a terrible piece of her own past in records, but especially in her disconnected memory. She creates her own genre - a devotional narrative about the mystery of memory and truth, accomplished with humility and intrepid determination. [An] unforgettable book." -- David W. Blight, author of the Pulitzer prize-winning Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom "Everything about this story is a surprise and it is told by one of the most fascinating, imaginative scholars now at work in American history." -- Darryl Pinckney, author of Come Back in September: A Literary Education on West Sixty-Seventh Street, Manhattan "Revolutionary, revelatory, and deeply moving, My Hijacking starts where other memoirs stop--at the absolute limits of memory. A terrific work of suspense and a magnificent achievement that sets a new benchmark for the genre." -- Nell Zink, author of Avalon, "A poignant and perceptive study of what it takes to heal." -- Publishers Weekly "My Hijacking is a historian's riveting account of having been, as a child, made an unwilling participant in a historic event. A skillful combination of memoir and history, Hodes's talents as a historian and writer are on full display in this beautifully written and deeply affecting work." -- Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Times bestselling author of On Juneteenth "In this singular and riveting book, Martha Hodes uses her considerable skills as a prize-winning historian to reconstruct her own experiences as a young girl aboard a hijacked plane in the Jordan desert in 1970. Taking multiple paths into the question of why she remembered so little of what she lived and felt during that traumatic event, Hodes has given us a moving and unforgettable meditation not just on history and memory, but also on family and the silences they guard." -- Ada Ferrer, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Cuba: An American History "Martha Hodes is one of the best writers in the profession of American historians. In this book she transcends the art of history as she also practices it, crafting a memoir of gripping power and courage about her "voyage into forgetting and remembering". Hodes delivers something sacred - a heroic search to "unbury" a terrible piece of her own past in records, but especially in her disconnected memory. She creates her own genre - a devotional narrative about the mystery of memory and truth, accomplished with humility and intrepid determination. [An] unforgettable book." -- David W. Blight, author of the Pulitzer prize-winning Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom "Everything about this story is a surprise and it is told by one of the most fascinating, imaginative scholars now at work in American history." -- Darryl Pinckney, author of Come Back in September: A Literary Education on West Sixty-Seventh Street, Manhattan "Revolutionary, revelatory, and deeply moving, My Hijacking starts where other memoirs stop--at the absolute limits of memory. A terrific work of suspense and a magnificent achievement that sets a new benchmark for the genre." -- Nell Zink, author of Avalon "...intriguing....what gives her book its propulsive force [is] her effort not only to piece together the details of the hijacking and its aftermath, but to make sense of the omissions in her own memory....Hodes examines the episode with a historian's meticulousness and a reporter's zeal." -- New York Times "An extraordinary task . . . . Hodes calls the book a 'personal history' rather than a memoir, and that is apt. If memoir brings the devices of fiction to the task of autobiography, then Hodes has brought the instruments and procedures of historical biography to her own personal narrative. [Hodes] demonstrates a keen and subtle eye." -- New Republic
Dewey Decimal
364.15/4092
Synopsis
In this moving and thought-provoking memoir, a historian offers a personal look at the fallibilities of memory and the lingering impact of trauma as she goes back fifty years to tell the story of being a passenger on an airliner hijacked in 1970. On September 6, 1970, twelve-year-old Martha Hodes and her thirteen-year-old sister were flying unaccompanied back to New York City from Israel when their plane was hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and forced to land in the Jordan desert. Too young to understand the sheer gravity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Martha coped by suppressing her fear and anxiety. Nearly a half-century later, her memories of those six days and nights as a hostage are hazy and scattered. Was it the passage of so much time, or that her family couldn't endure the full story, or had trauma made her repress such an intense life-and-death experience? A professional historian, Martha wanted to find out. Drawing on deep archival research, childhood memories, and conversations with relatives, friends, and fellow hostages, Martha Hodes sets out to re-create what happened to her, and what it was like for those at home desperately hoping for her return. Thrown together inside a stifling jetliner, the hostages forged friendships, provoked conflicts, and dreamed up distractions. Learning about the lives and causes of their captors--some of them kind, some frightening--the sisters pondered a deadly divide that continues today. A thrilling tale of fear, denial, and empathy, My Hijacking sheds light on the hostage crisis that shocked the world, as the author comes to a deeper understanding of both what happened in the Jordan desert in 1970 and her own fractured family and childhood sorrows.
LC Classification Number
HE9779.H634 2023
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- v***v (2056)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseAlthough this book was not as described, with no picture of it in the listing, the seller communicated well and quickly gave me a full refund while letting me keep it. The minimal packaging left the book a bit vulnerable (typical for ThriftBooks), but it did arrive safely and timely. As usual, it’s hit or miss with this seller, but often times you can get great values, and their customer service is always very good. Many other sellers with millions of transactions don’t even communicate.
- 2***j (113)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseI've ordered several items from this vendor now and they've always been what they were advertised as. This was no exception. Both discs were in great shape as well as their jewel cases. Delivery is good, packaging is simple but effective for what you're paying and I haven't had any get damaged. Will keep buying from this vendor because of the results so far and good prices, too.