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Countdown: An Autobiography

1988

Synopsis

The book is a memoir of Frank Borman’s life, including his time as an astronaut with NASA, his tenure as the president and CEO of Eastern Airlines, and his personal life.

The book recounts Borman’s flights aboard NASA’s Gemini 7 and Apollo 8, and his battle to keep Eastern Airlines financially sound during his tenure as the company’s president. The book also describes Eastern’s prolonged, bitter struggle to remain independent, a management/labor fight Borman lost in 1986 when Eastern became part of Texas Air.

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