The Resource Fly girls : how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history, Keith O'Brien
Fly girls : how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history, Keith O'Brien
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The item Fly girls : how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history, Keith O'Brien represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Morton Public Library District.
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- Summary
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- "High adventure and high ideals merge when a corps of intrepid female aviators battle to take part in the hugely popular air shows of the 1920s and 1930s. Ultimately, one of our heroines would win a race that earned her the right to be called America's best pilot"--
- "Keith O'Brien weaves together the stories of five remarkable women: Florence Klingensmith, a high school dropout who worked for a dry cleaner in Fargo, North Dakota; Ruth Elder, an Alabama housewife; Amelia Earhart, the most famous, but not necessarily the most skilled; Ruth Nichols, who chafed at the constraints of her blue blood family's expectations; and Louise Thaden, the mother of two young kids who got her start selling coal in Wichita, Kansas. Together they fought for the chance to race against the men--and in 1936 one of them would triumph in the toughest race of all."--Dust jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "An Eamon Dolan Book."
- Contents
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- The miracle of Wichita
- Devotedly, Ruth
- Real and natural, every inch
- The fortune of the air
- The fairest of the brave and the bravest of the fair
- Flying salesgirls
- The right sort of girl
- City of destiny
- If this is to be a derby
- There is only one Cleveland
- Good eggs
- Mr. Putnam and me
- Law of fate
- Give a girl credit
- Grudge flight
- Spetakkel
- All things being equal
- That's what I think of wives flying
- They'll be in our hair
- Playing hunches
- A woman couldn't win
- The top of the hill
- Isbn
- 9781328876645
- Label
- Fly girls : how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history
- Title
- Fly girls
- Title remainder
- how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history
- Statement of responsibility
- Keith O'Brien
- Subject
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- Airplane racing -- United States
- Bendix Trophy Race, 1936
- Biographies
- Biography
- Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937
- Elder, Ruth, 1902-1977
- History
- Klingensmith, Florence Gunderson, 1904-1933
- Air shows
- Thaden, Louise McPhetridge, 1905-1979
- United States
- Women air pilots
- Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography
- Nichols, Ruth, 1901-1960
- Air shows -- United States -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "High adventure and high ideals merge when a corps of intrepid female aviators battle to take part in the hugely popular air shows of the 1920s and 1930s. Ultimately, one of our heroines would win a race that earned her the right to be called America's best pilot"--
- "Keith O'Brien weaves together the stories of five remarkable women: Florence Klingensmith, a high school dropout who worked for a dry cleaner in Fargo, North Dakota; Ruth Elder, an Alabama housewife; Amelia Earhart, the most famous, but not necessarily the most skilled; Ruth Nichols, who chafed at the constraints of her blue blood family's expectations; and Louise Thaden, the mother of two young kids who got her start selling coal in Wichita, Kansas. Together they fought for the chance to race against the men--and in 1936 one of them would triumph in the toughest race of all."--Dust jacket flap
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1973-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- O'Brien, Keith
- Dewey number
- 629.13092/520973
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TL539
- LC item number
- .F549 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Klingensmith, Florence Gunderson
- Elder, Ruth
- Earhart, Amelia
- Nichols, Ruth
- Thaden, Louise McPhetridge
- Bendix Trophy Race
- Airplane racing
- Women air pilots
- Air shows
- Air shows
- Women air pilots
- United States
- Label
- Fly girls : how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history, Keith O'Brien
- Note
- "An Eamon Dolan Book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-327) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The miracle of Wichita -- Devotedly, Ruth -- Real and natural, every inch -- The fortune of the air -- The fairest of the brave and the bravest of the fair -- Flying salesgirls -- The right sort of girl -- City of destiny -- If this is to be a derby -- There is only one Cleveland -- Good eggs -- Mr. Putnam and me -- Law of fate -- Give a girl credit -- Grudge flight -- Spetakkel -- All things being equal -- That's what I think of wives flying -- They'll be in our hair -- Playing hunches -- A woman couldn't win -- The top of the hill
- Control code
- on1014441161
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781328876645
- Lccn
- 2017058447
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1014441161
- Label
- Fly girls : how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history, Keith O'Brien
- Note
- "An Eamon Dolan Book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-327) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The miracle of Wichita -- Devotedly, Ruth -- Real and natural, every inch -- The fortune of the air -- The fairest of the brave and the bravest of the fair -- Flying salesgirls -- The right sort of girl -- City of destiny -- If this is to be a derby -- There is only one Cleveland -- Good eggs -- Mr. Putnam and me -- Law of fate -- Give a girl credit -- Grudge flight -- Spetakkel -- All things being equal -- That's what I think of wives flying -- They'll be in our hair -- Playing hunches -- A woman couldn't win -- The top of the hill
- Control code
- on1014441161
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781328876645
- Lccn
- 2017058447
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1014441161
Subject
- Airplane racing -- United States
- Bendix Trophy Race, 1936
- Biographies
- Biography
- Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937
- Elder, Ruth, 1902-1977
- History
- Klingensmith, Florence Gunderson, 1904-1933
- Air shows
- Thaden, Louise McPhetridge, 1905-1979
- United States
- Women air pilots
- Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography
- Nichols, Ruth, 1901-1960
- Air shows -- United States -- History
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