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Author:

Whitaker, Suzanne.

Title:

The daring Miss Quimby / by Suzanne George Whitaker ; illustrated by Catherine Stock.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Holiday House,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.

Subject:

Quimby, Harriet,--1875-1912--Juvenile literature.
Quimby, Harriet,--1875-1912.
Women air pilots--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Air pilots--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women air pilots--United States--Biography.
Air pilots--United States--Biography.

Other Authors:

Stock, Catherine, Ill.

Summary:

In 1912, airplanes looked like bicycles with wings. Only men flew these scary new machines. When a spirited young woman named Harriet Quimby decided to learn to fly, everyone said it would be too dangerous. But Harriet tried it anyway! She was the first woman in the United States to earn her pilot's license. Soon the whole country was just wild about her! Harriet loved the attention and designed a purple flight suit to stand out even more. Before long she was the first woman to fly across the English Channel.

ISBN:

0823419967 (hardcover)
9780823419968 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)228701395

LCCN:

2008022569

Locations:

NHPD993 -- Talbot Belmond Public Library (Belmond)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

VFPB334 -- Elgin Public Library (Elgin)

REPC017 -- Greenfield Public Library (Greenfield)

DZPB423 -- Hubbard Public Library (Hubbard)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

ZLPD437 -- Missouri Valley Public Library (Missouri Valley)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

RVPB135 -- Pomeroy Public Library (Pomeroy)

WNPA185 -- Quimby Public Library (Quimby)

PBPC546 -- Sigourney Public Library (Sigourney)

FRPA224 -- Volga Public Library (Volga)