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“West with the Night” is a memoir by British-born author, aviator, and equestrian, Beryl Markham. Friend and fellow author Ernest Hemingway once wrote to his editor Maxwell Perkins asking: "Did you read Beryl Markham's book, West with the Night?... bloody wonderful work." Markham was one of, if not the first, female bush pilots in Africa, and her memoir details adventures in Kenya with a unique perspective both from the ground and the sky.
Markham...
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English
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Pancho Barnes was a force of nature, a woman who lived a big, messy, colorful, unconventional life. She ran through three fortunes, four husbands, and countless lovers. She outflew Amelia Earhart, outsmarted Howard Hughes, outdrank the Mexican Army, and out- maneuvered the U.S. government. In The Happy Bottom Riding Club, award-winning author Lauren Kessler tells the story of a high-spirited, headstrong woman who was proud of her successes,...
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Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
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1 volume (unpaged) : illiustrated (mostly color) ; 20 cm.
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English
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Presents the life of the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, who mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world
4) Lindbergh
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English
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Lindbergh was the first solo pilot to cross the Atlantic non-stop from New York to Paris, in 1927. This awe-inspiring fight made him the most celebrated men of his day-a romantic symbol of the new aviation age. However, tragedy struck in 1932, where his baby was kidnapped and found dead. The unbearable trial forced Lindbergh into exile in England and France. However, his soon fasciation and involvement with the Nazi regime, resulted in public opinion...
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English
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Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing. Thousands of fans flocked to multi-day events, and cities vied with one another to host them. The pilots themselves were hailed as dashing heroes who cheerfully stared death in the face. Well, the men were hailed. Female pilots were more often ridiculed than praised for what the press portrayed as silly efforts to horn in on a manly, and deadly, pursuit. Keith...
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Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
c2005
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1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Looks at the life of aviatrix Amelia Earhart, the first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic solo, who vanished without a trace while she was attempting to fly around the world
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English
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Over the remote Pacific island of Chichi Jima, nine American flyers — Navy and Marine airmen sent to bomb Japanese communications towers there — were shot down. One of those nine was miraculously rescued by a U.S. Navy submarine. The others were captured by Japanese soldiers on Chichi Jima and held prisoner. Then they disappeared.
When the war was over, the American government, along with the Japanese, covered up everything that had happened
...12) Test pilot
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A & D Xtreme, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
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32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
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English
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Smithsonian Institution Press
Pub. Date
©1994
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xiv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Born in 1916 on Charles Lindbergh's birthday, Neal Loving has experienced both thrilling aerial feats and crippling aerial disaster. An aeronautical engineer and designer of his own experimental aircraft, he exemplifies the abiding love of flight that spurred the first barnstormers. This devotion propelled him beyond the challenges he has faced as a black man and a double amputee.
An autobiography, Loving's Love in many ways centers around the author's...
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Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
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xviii, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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English
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Reclaiming one of the most important moments in American aviation history, this incredible, untold story recounts the transcontinental air race of October 1919, which riveted a nation as the aviators pioneered the first coast-to-coast air route, despite much drama and tragedy.
Lancaster recounts the incredible, untold story of the transcontinental air race of October 1919. The contest awakened Americans to the practical possibilities of flight--...
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Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2017.
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viii, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
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English
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Traces the story of a daredevil bomber pilot and his misfit crew who in 1943 engaged the Japanese in what became history's longest dogfight, changing the course of the war through their heroic acts of sacrifice.
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