The daring Miss Quimby
In 1912, airplanes looked like bicycles with wings. Only men flew these scary new machines. When a spirited young woman named Harriet Quimby decided to learn to fly, everyone said it would be too dangerous. But Harriet tried it anyway! She was the first woman in the United States to earn her pilot's...
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Holiday House,
c2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Whitaker, Suzanne. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The daring Miss Quimby / |c by Suzanne George Whitaker ; illustrated by Catherine Stock. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Holiday House, |c c2009. | ||
| 300 | |a 1 v. (unpaged) : |b col. ill. ; |c 23 x 29 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
| 520 | |a In 1912, airplanes looked like bicycles with wings. Only men flew these scary new machines. When a spirited young woman named Harriet Quimby decided to learn to fly, everyone said it would be too dangerous. But Harriet tried it anyway! She was the first woman in the United States to earn her pilot's license. Soon the whole country was just wild about her! Harriet loved the attention and designed a purple flight suit to stand out even more. Before long she was the first woman to fly across the English Channel. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Quimby, Harriet, |d 1875-1912 |v Juvenile nonfiction. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women air pilots |z United States |v Biography |v Juvenile. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Air pilots |z United States |v Biography |v Juvenile. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Stock, Catherine, |e Ill. | |
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