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02080aam a2200409 i 4500 001 C4C31D74C19811EE857C5B5120ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240202010025 008 240102s2024 nyua d b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2023022245 020 $a 059332398X 020 $a 9780593323984 035 $a (OCoLC)1416353140 040 $a DV1 $b eng $e rda $c DV1 $d DV1 $d OCLCO $d LE# $d SILO 043 $a n-us-il $a n-us-il 100 1 $a Smith, Sherri L., $e author. 245 10 $a American wings : $b Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky / $c by Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein. 264 1 $a New York : $b G.P. Putnam's Sons, $c 2024. 300 $a 376 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-368) and index. 505 0 $a Prologue: a dream takes flight -- Pre-flight, Detroit, 1927 -- Ground school, 1927-1929 -- Taking off, 1929-1933 -- Climb, 1933-1934 -- Ethiopia, 1935 -- The airways part, 1936-1937 -- The defender flyers, 1938 -- The moonshot, 1939 -- The love story of Cornelius R. Coffey, 1939-1940 -- The Tuskegee tussle, 1940-1941 -- Wings of war, 1941-1945 -- Touching down, 1946 and beyond -- Epilogue: to the stars. 520 $a "A nonfiction account of a group of determined Black Americans who created a flying club and built their own airfield on Chicago's South Side in the period between World Wars I and II"-- $c Provided by publisher. 521 1 $a Ages 7 years and up $b G.P. Putnam's Sons 521 8 $a 1210 $b Lexile. 700 1 $a Wein, Elizabeth, $e author. 941 $a 10 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611012557.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240524011236.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20240522010130.0 952 $l UJPE911 $d 20240507010925.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20240503011449.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20240409012657.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314030400.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20240224010814.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20240209010105.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20240202011620.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C4C31D74C19811EE857C5B5120ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search