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The flying girl : how Aida de Acosta learned to soar / Margarita Engle ; illustrated by Sara Palacios.
Van Pelt Library TL540.A38 E54 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Engle, Margarita, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Santos-Dumont, Alberto, 1873-1932.
- Women air pilots--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Women air pilots.
- Airships.
- Women in aeronautics.
- History.
- United States.
- Women in aeronautics--History--Juvenile literature.
- Airships--Juvenile literature.
- Women air pilots--United States--Biography.
- Women in aeronautics--History.
- Flight--History.
- Picture books for children.
- Flight.
- Acosta, Aida de, 1884-1962--Juvenile literature.
- Acosta, Aida de.
- Santos-Dumont, Alberto, 1873-1932--Juvenile literature.
- Santos-Dumont, Alberto.
- Acosta, Aida de, 1884-1962.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Picture books.
- Physical Description:
- 31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London ; Toronto : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Six months before the famous Wright Brothers' first flight, Aída de Acosta became the first woman to fly a powered aircraft."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781481445023
- 1481445022
- OCLC:
- 931860722
- Publisher Number:
- 99987197097
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