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Daughter of the air : the short soaring life of Cornelia Fort / by Rob Simbeck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simbeck, Rob.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fort, Cornelia, 1919-1943.
- Fort, Cornelia.
- Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (U.S.).
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (U.S.)--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.
- Women air pilots--United States--Biography.
- Women air pilots.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 263 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [1999]
- Summary:
- Cornelia Fort--like Beryl Markham and Amelia Earhart--has come to personify the life of a female pilot. In this dramatic biography, Simbeck interweaves letters, diary entries, interviews to create a vivid portrait of a courageous woman.
- Notes:
- Inlcudes bibliographical references (pages 245-253) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0871136880
- OCLC:
- 40907749
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