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Black wings : courageous stories of African Americans in aviation and space history / Von Hardesty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hardesty, Von, 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American air pilots--Biography.
- African American air pilots.
- African American astronauts--Biography.
- African American astronauts.
- Air pilots--United States--Biography.
- Air pilots.
- United States.
- Astronauts--United States--Biography.
- Astronauts.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 180 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [2008]
- Contents:
- Barnstormer Bessie Coleman takes to the air
- Facing the headwinds of prejudice
- Long-distance flying
- In the shadow of war
- The Tuskegee Airmen
- At full stride
- Into orbit-joining the astronaut corps.
- Notes:
- "In association with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [170]-173) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780061261381
- 0061261386
- OCLC:
- 133465593
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