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Item Information       Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content     More by this author     O'Brien, Keith, 1973-     Subjects     Klingensmith, Florence Gunderson, 1904-1933.     Elder, Ruth, 1902-1977.     Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937.     Nichols, Ruth, 1901-1960.     Thaden, Louise McPhetridge, 1905-1979.     Bendix Trophy Race (1936)     Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography.     Airplane racing -- United States.     Air shows -- United States -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      O'Brien, Keith, 1973-       by title:      Fly girls : how five...       by call number:      629.130922 O13f     Search the Web     O'Brien, Keith, 1973-     Klingensmith, Florence Gunderson, 1904-1933.     Elder, Ruth, 1902-1977.     Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937.     Nichols, Ruth, 1901-1960.     Thaden, Louise McPhetridge, 1905-1979.     Bendix Trophy Race (1936)     Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography.     Airplane racing -- United States.     Air shows -- United States -- History.       MARC Display

Fly girls : how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history / Keith O'Brien. by O'Brien, Keith, 1973- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. Call #: 629.130922 O13f Subjects Klingensmith, Florence Gunderson, 1904-1933.   Elder, Ruth, 1902-1977.   Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937.   Nichols, Ruth, 1901-1960.   Thaden, Louise McPhetridge, 1905-1979.   Bendix Trophy Race (1936)   Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography.   Airplane racing -- United States.   Air shows -- United States -- History. ISBN:  9781328876645 (hardcover) 1328876640 (hardcover) Description:  xiv, 338 p., 16 unnumbered p. of plates : ill., portraits ; 24 cm Notes:  "An Eamon Dolan Book." Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-327) and index. Contents:  The miracle of Wichita -- Devotedly, Ruth -- Real and natural, every inch -- The fortune of the air -- The fairest of the brave and the bravest of the fair -- Flying salesgirls -- The right sort of girl -- City of destiny -- If this is to be a derby -- There is only one Cleveland -- Good eggs -- Mr. Putnam and me -- Law of fate -- Give a girl credit -- Grudge flight -- Spetakkel -- All things being equal -- That's what I think of wives flying -- They'll be in our hair -- Playing hunches -- A woman couldn't win -- The top of the hill. Summary:  "High adventure and high ideals merge when a corps of intrepid female aviators battle to take part in the hugely popular air shows of the 1920s and 1930s. Ultimately, one of our heroines would win a race that earned her the right to be called America's best pilot"--Publisher. "Keith O'Brien weaves together the stories of five remarkable women: Florence Klingensmith, a high school dropout who worked for a dry cleaner in Fargo, North Dakota; Ruth Elder, an Alabama housewife; Amelia Earhart, the most famous, but not necessarily the most skilled; Ruth Nichols, who chafed at the constraints of her blue blood family's expectations; and Louise Thaden, the mother of two young kids who got her start selling coal in Wichita, Kansas. Together they fought for the chance to race against the men -- and in 1936 one of them would triumph in the toughest race of all."--Dust jacket flap. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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