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Author:

Cummins, Julie.

Title:

Women daredevils : thrills, chills, and frills / Julie Cummins ; illustrated by Cheryl Harness.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Dutton Children's Books,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

48 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Women daredevils--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Harness, Cheryl, ill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 48).

Contents:

Zazel: human cannonball in pink tights -- Annie Edson Taylor: queen of the mist -- Mlle. D'Zizi and Gertrude Breton: leapin' ladies -- Isabelle Butler and La Rague Sisters: loopy women drivers -- May Wirth: world's greatest bareback rider -- Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick: the doll girl of aviation -- Mabel Stark: the lady and the tiger -- Gladys Roy and Gladys Ingle: winsome wing walkers -- Mabel Cody: just plane stunts -- Sonora Webster Carver: the girl on the high-diving horse.

Summary:

The stories of fourteen women during the period from 1880 to 1929 who performed feats of daring from being shot out of a cannon to high-diving on horseback.

ISBN:

0525479481
9780525479482

LCCN:

2007018102

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