Women daredevils thrills, chills, and frills
The stories of fourteen women during the period from 1880 to 1929 who performed feats of daring from being shot out of a cannon to high-diving on horseback.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Dutton Children's Books,
c2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Zazel: human cannonball in pink tights
- Annie Edson Taylor: queen of the mist
- Mlle. D'Zizi and Gertrude Breton: leapin' ladies
- Isabelle Butler and La Rague Sisters: loopy women drivers
- May Wirth: world's greatest bareback rider
- Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick: the doll girl of aviation
- Mabel Stark: the lady and the tiger
- Gladys Roy and Gladys Ingle: winsome wing walkers
- Mabel Cody: just plane stunts
- Sonora Webster Carver: the girl on the high-diving horse.
