Wings over South America : with illustrations / by Frances Norene Ahl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahl, Frances Norene, author.

Contributor:

Schimmel, Caroline F., associated name, donor.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women travelers.

Aeronautics--Flights.

Aeronautics.

South America--Description and travel.

South America.

Travel.

Genre:

Travel writing.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7460)

Physical Description:

257 pages including frontispiece : plates, maps ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Christopher Pub. House, [1939]

Summary:

"It was recently my privilege to travel some twenty-three thousand miles through Mexico, Central, and South America, stopping in every country but Venezuela and returning by way of the West Indies. I flew on twenty-one different planes, land planes, amphibians, commodores, and clippers. It is from this experience, together with that of years as a student of history and government, that I write the following chapters."--page 15.

Local Notes:

Schimmel 7460: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. With dust jacket. Caroline F. Schimmel bookplate on front pastedown. Bookplate with no name and image of a log cabin on front pastedown. Publisher's prospectus laid in. Printed publisher's slip laid in reading "To the Literary Editor: We take pleasure in presenting you herewith a copy of one of our latest publications, and trust that you will find it deserving of liberal notice in your literary columns. [...]"

OCLC:

4083385