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Title Statement | Fly girls: how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history / Keith O'Brien. |
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Author | O'Brien, Keith, 1973- |
Publication | Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,2018. |
Extent of Item | xiv, 338 pages |
ISBN | 1328876640 9781328876645 |
Other Number | 3380783 |
General Notes | "An Eamon Dolan Book." |
Contents | 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. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-327) and index. |
Summary | "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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By Topic | Women air pilots--Biography--United States |
Air shows--History--20th century--United States |