RMWF Writers Series: Catherine Grace Katz Shadow Before the Flame: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Prelude to War

Tue, Oct 27, 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

This is a Premier Program. All residents of Rancho Mirage and donors who contribute $100 or more annually to the Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory Foundation can take advantage of priority seating for Premier programs by arriving early. Her new book, Shadow Before the Flame, is a gripping, definitive history of the Hindenburg disaster, the rise of the Nazis, and the road to World War II as never before told. On the evening of May 6, 1937, the majestic German zeppelin Hindenburg arrived before cheering crowds in Lakehurst, New Jersey, when suddenly, a titanic inferno lit up the sky. Thirty-four seconds later, the greatest airship ever to take flight was gone, destroyed in a ferocious blaze and eternally seared into historical memory. Acclaimed historian Catherine Grace Katz unites groun