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Author:

Lang, Heather, 1966-

Title:

Fearless flyer : Ruth Law and her flying machine / Heather Lang ; Illustrated by Raúl Colón.

Publisher:

Calkins Creek,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Law, Ruth,--1887-1970--Juvenile literature.
Women air pilots--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Air pilots--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Cross-country flying--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Biographies & Memoirs.
Science & Technology.
Children's Nonfiction Books.

Other Authors:

Colón, Raúl.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

On November 19, 1916, at 8:25 a.m., Ruth Law took off on a flight that aviation experts thought was doomed. She set off to fly nonstop from Chicago to New York City. Sitting at the controls of her small bi-plane, exposed to the elements, Law battled fierce winds and numbing cold. When her engine ran out of fuel, she glided for two miles and landed at Hornell, New York. Even though she fell short of her goal, she had broken the existing cross-country distance record. And with her plane refueled, she got back in the air and headed for New York City where crowds waited to greet her.

ISBN:

1620916509
9781620916506

OCLC:

(OCoLC)914219183

LCCN:

2015946899

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

SNPC104 -- Fairbank Public Library (Fairbank) — snpc104

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

REPC017 -- Greenfield Public Library (Greenfield)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

TGPD826 -- LeClaire Community Library (Le Claire)

OGPC877 -- Lenox Public Library (Lenox)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

JNPC081 -- Leonard A. Good Community Library (Ogden)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)