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Title Statement | Sprouting wings: the true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United States / Louisa Jaggar & Shari Becker ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper. |
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Author | Jaggar, Louisa |
Additional Contributors | Cooper, Floyd |
Becker, Shari | |
Publication | ©2021New York: Crown Books for Young Readers,[2021] |
Edition | First edition. |
Extent of Item | 1 volume (unpaged) |
ISBN | 9781984847621 1984847627 |
Other Number | 3924698 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary | James Herman Banning always dreamed of touching the sky. But how could a farm boy from Oklahoma find a plane? And how would he learn to fly it? None of the other pilots looked like him. In a journey that would span 3,300 miles, take twenty-one days, and inspire a nation, James Herman Banning proved that you can't put barriers on dreams. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Cross-country flying--Juvenile literature--United States |
Blacks--Biography--Juvenile literature | |
Air pilots, Black--Biography--Juvenile literature | |
Air pilots--Biography--Juvenile literature | |
By Name | Banning, James Herman |