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Author:

O'Brien, Keith, 1973- author.

Title:

Fly girls : how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history / Keith O'Brien.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xiv, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

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.
Biographies.

Notes:

"An Eamon Dolan Book." Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-327) and index.

Contents:

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.

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.
"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.

ISBN:

1328876640
9781328876645

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1014441161

LCCN:

2017058447

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