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Author Rich, Doris L.

Title Queen Bess : daredevil aviator / Doris L. Rich.

Publication Info. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1993]
©1993

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  TL540.C646 R52 1993    Available  ---
Description xiv, 153 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-141) and index.
Contents Reluctant cotton picker -- That wonderful town -- Mlle. Bessie Coleman-pilote aviateur -- Second time around -- Pleasing the crowds, alienating the critics -- Forced landing -- Grounded -- Texas triumph -- Nearing the goal -- Sky has a limit -- Epilogue.
Subject Coleman, Bessie, 1892-1926.
Coleman, Bessie, 1892-1926.
African American women air pilots -- Biography.
African American women air pilots.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Air pilots.
United States.
Indexed Term Flying (Aircraft)
United States
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 1560982659 alkaline paper