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02888aam a2200541 i 4500 001 447AE3024DCE11E89F5D1D5C97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180502010046 008 180209s2017 nmua 000 0 eng c 010 $a 2017945954 020 $a 1934491608 020 $a 9781934491607 035 $a (OCoLC)1022567359 040 $a MMN $c MMN $d MMN $d OCLCO $d IQU $d YDX $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 4 $a PS3564.A346 $b R33 2017 082 04 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Nagatani, Patrick, $d 1945-2017 $e artist. $e artist. 245 14 $a The Race : $b tales in flight / $c Patrick Ryoichi Nagatani; in collaboration with Marie Acosta, Kristin Barendsen, Felissia Cappelleti, Christine Chin, Randi Ganulin, Feroza Jussawalla, Nancy Matsumoto, Dolores Richardone, Andre Ruesch, Ulrike Rylance, [and] Julie Shigekuni. 260 $a Albuquerque, New Mexico : $b Albuquerque Museum and SF Design, llc/Fresco Books, $c 2017. 300 $a 294 pages : $b color illustrations ; $c 27 cm 520 0 $a The Race is a novel about the discovery of fifteen Supermarine Spitfire airplanes buried in Burma at the end of World War II and their subsequent excavation, acquisition, and transformation into state-of-the-art floatplanes, capable of traveling long distances and landing at sea. Fifteen women of different backgrounds are ultimately chosen to pilot the planes in a trans-Pacific race from Tokyo to San Francisco. Beyond their private narratives, each woman experiences a larger dialogue about culture and gender issues, the moral and ecological state of our planet, the human condition, and the universal need for compassion. 650 0 $a Photography, Artistic. 650 0 $a Spitfire (Fighter plane) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Transpacific flights $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Floatplanes $v Pictorial works. 650 7 $a Floatplanes. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00927430 650 7 $a Photography, Artistic. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01061964 650 7 $a Spitfire (Fighter plane) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01758772 650 7 $a Transpacific flights. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01154892 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 $a Pictorial works. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423874 700 1 $a Acosta, Marie, $e author. 700 1 $a Barendsen, Kristin, $e author. 700 1 $a Cappelleti, Felissia, $e author. 700 1 $a Chin, Christine, $e author. 700 1 $a Ganulin, Randi, $e author. 700 1 $a Jussawalla, Feroza F., $d 1953- $e author. 700 1 $a Matsumoto, Nancy, $e author. 700 1 $a Richardone, Dolores, $e author. 700 1 $a Ruesch, Andre, $d 1961- $e author. 700 1 $a Rylance, Ulrike, $e author. 700 1 $a Shigekuni, Julie, $e author. 710 2 $a Albuquerque Museum, $e sponsoring body. $e sponsoring body. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180502012248.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=447AE3024DCE11E89F5D1D5C97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search