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Up in the air : the story of Bessie Coleman / by Philip S. Hart.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection TL540.C646 H37 1996
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hart, Philip S.
Contributor:
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Coleman, Bessie, 1892-1926--Juvenile literature.
Coleman, Bessie.
Coleman, Bessie, 1896-1926.
Coleman, Bessie, 1892-1926.
African American women air pilots--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African American women air pilots.
Air pilots--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Air pilots.
African Americans--Biography.
Women--Biography.
United States.
Afro-American author.
Afro-American setting.
Local Subjects:
Afro-American author.
Afro-American setting.
Genre:
Biographies.
Juvenile works.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
80 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, Inc., [©1996].
Summary:
Presents the story of Bessie Coleman, an American, who in 1920 traveled to France to become the first black woman to earn a pilot's license.
Contents:
Dreaming of Flying
On to Europe
The Barnstorming Life
Flying High in Florida
Afterword: The Inspiration.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 78) and index.
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
Banks Collection copy has receipt from Visions 3000 Bookstore laid in.
ISBN:
0876149492
9780876149492
0876149786
9780876149782
OCLC:
32820924

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