Fly girls : how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history / Keith O'Brien.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781328876645
- ISBN: 1328876640
- Physical Description: xiv, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-327) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The miracle of Wichita -- Devotedly, Ruth -- Real and natural, every inch -- The fortune of the air -- The fairest of the brave and the bravest of the fair -- Flying salesgirls -- The 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 -- The top of the hill.
- Target Audience Note:
- 910L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 6.4 8 503238.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Klingensmith, Florence Gunderson, 1904-1933.
Elder, Ruth, 1902-1977.
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937.
Nichols, Ruth, 1901-1960.
Thaden, Louise McPhetridge, 1905-1979.
Bendix Trophy Race (1936)
Airplane racing > United States.
Women air pilots > United States > Biography.
Air shows > United States > History. - Genre:
- Biographies.
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 629.13092 OBR (Text) | 36015000611976 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | 629.131 Obr (Text) | 31010000647950 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | 629.13 O (Text) | 39493108358476 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | 629.13 O'Brien (Text) | 34269001219014 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | 920 OBR (Text) | 80605000793769 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Angier Public Library | 629.13 O'Br (Text) | 33632002689207 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Annie Hubbard McEachern Public Library | 629.1309 OBRIEN (Text) | 34510000594463 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | 629.13 OBR (Text) | 50503011126259 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | 629.13092 OBR (Text) | 540191002314275 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library | 920 OBR (Text) | 39488900189392 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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