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Penguin Books"Some people just emerge from the pages of history demanding to have their voices heard. And that was very much was the case here." —@catherinegracekatz on the cast of characters in her new book SHADOW BEFORE THE FLAME is "an enthralling account of hubris and calamity, dismay and disbelief, and survival and endurance" (Sir David Cannadine). In it, Catherine Grace Katz illustrates the story of the Hindenburg through the people caught in the grip of fate: an adventurous heiress, a renowned vaudeville star, a Chicago industrialist with German Jewish roots, an esteemed zeppelin captain, and a young cabin boy on his first voyage to the United States. Meanwhile, on the ground, two intrepid journalists’ reporting on the Hindenburg fundamentally changed breaking news, paving the way for modern media. Pick up this "stirring read" (@jon.meacham) today!
On the profile · Oct 28, 2026