Fly girls : how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history
(Book)
Author
Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
Format
Book
Status
Clallam Bay - Nonfiction (Adult)
629.1309 OBRIEN
1 available
629.1309 OBRIEN
1 available
Sequim - Nonfiction (Adult)
629.1309 OBRIEN
1 available
629.1309 OBRIEN
1 available
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
---|---|---|
Clallam Bay - Nonfiction (Adult) | 629.1309 OBRIEN | Available |
Sequim - Nonfiction (Adult) | 629.1309 OBRIEN | Available |
Description
Loading Description...
Also in this Series
Checking series information...
Subjects
LC Subjects
Air shows -- United States -- History.
Airplane racing -- History
Bendix Trophy Race -- (1936)
Biographies.
Earhart, Amelia, -- 1897-1937.
Elder, Ruth, -- 1902-1977.
Klingensmith, Florence Gunderson, -- 1904-1933.
Nichols, Ruth, -- 1901-1960.
Thaden, Louise McPhetridge, -- 1905-1979.
Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Airplane racing -- History
Bendix Trophy Race -- (1936)
Biographies.
Earhart, Amelia, -- 1897-1937.
Elder, Ruth, -- 1902-1977.
Klingensmith, Florence Gunderson, -- 1904-1933.
Nichols, Ruth, -- 1901-1960.
Thaden, Louise McPhetridge, -- 1905-1979.
Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
More Details
Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
Physical Desc
xiv, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG+
Level 6.4, 8 Points
Level 6.4, 8 Points
Notes
General Note
"An Eamon Dolan Book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-327) and index.
Description
"Keith O'Brien weaves together the stories of five remarkable women: Florence Klingensmith, a high school dropout who worked for a dry cleaner in Fargo, North Dakota; Ruth Elder, an Alabama housewife; Amelia Earhart, the most famous, but not necessarily the most skilled; Ruth Nichols, who chafed at the constraints of her blue blood family's expectations; and Louise Thaden, the mother of two young kids who got her start selling coal in Wichita, Kansas. Together they fought for the chance to race against the men--and in 1936 one of them would triumph in the toughest race of all."--Dust jacket flap.