Coffee, Tea or Me The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses

295 Pages·2003·4.08 MB·English

by  Baker Trudy

Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Foreword

CHAPTER I - “Is This Your First Flight, Too?”
CHAPTER II - “Let’s Run Away and Be Stewardesses”
CHAPTER III - “Big Momma Is Watching”
CHAPTER IV - “You’re Nothing but a Stew-Bum, George”
CHAPTER V - “Can We Fit Eight in This Apartment?”
CHAPTER VI - “This Is Your Captain Speaking”
CHAPTER VII - “You Must See So Many Interesting Places, My Dear”
CHAPTER VIII - “You Must Meet So Many Interesting Men, My Dear”
CHAPTER IX - “The Radar Is Built In”
CHAPTER X - “They Looked So Normal”
CHAPTER XI - “You Ought to Be in Pictures, Sweetie”
CHAPTER XII - “Wow! We’re Going to Work a Press Trip!”
CHAPTER XIII - “Please, Not Another Press Trip”
CHAPTER XIV - “There’s Another Drunk in 3A”
CHAPTER XV - “Baby-Sitters of the Sky”
CHAPTER XVI - “Even Your Best Friend Won’t Tell You”
CHAPTER XVII - “Have a Merry Mistress”
CHAPTER XVIII - “The Saga of Sandy”
CHAPTER XIX - “What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Plane Like This?”
CHAPTER XX - “Should We Strike?”
CHAPTER XXI - “A Layover Is Not What You Think”
CHAPTER XXII - “An Unhappy Landing”
CHAPTER XXIII - “We’ll Give It One More Year, Okay?”
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Coffee, Tea or Me?
Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones met, and became fast friends, while stewardesses
for the now defunct Eastern Airlines. Although different in style and appearance
—Rachel tall, blonde, and breezy; Trudy shorter, brunette, and more demure—
they shared an appreciation of the humorous experiences and people they
encountered on their flights. One day, a passenger with publishing connections,
who’d found their stories funny, introduced them to a top New York editor,
launching the saga of Coffee, Tea or Me? Trudy and Rachel appeared on myriad
radio and TV shows across the country, their winsome personalities endearing
them to millions of listeners and viewers.
Donald Bain is the ghostwriter or author of more than eighty books, including
Coffee, Tea or Me?, and the best-selling Murder, She Wrote series of original
murder mystery novels based upon the popular TV show. His writing career
spans biographies, comedies, crime novels, historical romances, investigative
journalism, and business books. He was recently designated 2003 Distinguished
Alumni by his alma mater, Purdue University. (A more detailed look at his career
can be found at donaldbain.com.)

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First published in the United States of America by Bartholomew House Ltd. 1967
Published by Bantam Book, a subsidiary of Grosset & Dunlap, Inc. 1968
Published with a new introduction in Penguin Books 2003

Copyright © Bartholomew House, Ltd., 1967
Introduction copyright © Donald Bain, 2003
All rights reserved
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Baker, Trudy.
Coffee, tea or me? : the uninhibited memoirs of two airline stewardesses /
Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones ; illustrated by Bill Wenzel.
p. cm.
Originally published: New York : Bartholomew House, 1967.
eISBN : 978-1-10109894-3
1. Flight attendants—Biography. 2. Air travel. I. Jones, Rachel. II. Title.
HD6073.A43B34 2003
387.7’42’0922—dc21 2003044462

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