Fly Girls : : how Five Daring Women Defied all Odds and Made Aviation History
Book - 2018 629.13 OB, Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / United States / General / O'Brien, Keith 2 On Shelf No requests on this item
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Call Number: 629.13 OB, Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / United States / General / O'Brien, Keith
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"An Eamon Dolan Book."
Miracle of Wichita -- Devotedly, Ruth -- Real and natural, every inch -- Fortune of the air -- Bravest of the fair, fairest of the brave -- Flying salesgirls -- Right sort of girl -- City of destiny -- If this is to be a derby -- There is only one Cleveland -- Good eggs -- Mr. Putnam and me -- Law of fate -- Give a girl credit -- Grudge flight -- Spetakkel -- All things being equal -- That's what I think of wives flying -- They'll be in our hair -- Playing hunches -- A woman couldn't win -- Top of the hill.
"High adventure and high ideals merge when a corps of intrepid female aviators battle to take part in the hugely popular air shows of the 1920s and 1930s. Ultimately, one of our heroines would win a race that earned her the right to be called America's best pilot"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
Year Published: 2018
Description: 338 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781328876645
1328876640
SUBJECTS
Women air pilots -- Biography.
Air shows -- History.