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Fly girls : how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history

O'Brien, Keith 1973- (author.).

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"--

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  • ISBN: 9781328876720
  • ISBN: 1328876721
  • ISBN: 9781328876645 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: remote
    1 online resource.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.

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General Note:
"An Eamon Dolan Book."
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.
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Subject: Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography
Air shows -- United States -- History
Air shows
Women air pilots
United States
HISTORY / Women
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General)
Nonfiction
History
Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography
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