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Crossing the horizon a novel

In 1927, three women, including the daughter of an earl, a former cigar girl-turned-society darling, and a beauty pageant contestant, all vie to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Notaro, Laurie (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Gallery Books, 2016.
Edition:	First Gallery books hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Elder, Ruth, > 1902-1977 > Fiction. Boll, Mabel, > 1895-1949 > Fiction. Mackay, Elsie, > 1894-1928 > Fiction. Women air pilots > Fiction. United States > History > 20th century > Fiction. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction.
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Summary:	In 1927, three women, including the daughter of an earl, a former cigar girl-turned-society darling, and a beauty pageant contestant, all vie to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.
Physical Description:	455 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-451).
ISBN:	9781451659405 1451659407
Author Notes:	Laurie Notaro is an American writer who was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. She graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Journalism. Notaro was a columnist for ten years at The Arizona Republic. She is the author of The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club, Autobiography of a Fat Bride, I Love Everybody, We Thought You'd Be Prettier, and An Idiot Girl's Christmas. Her book, It Looked Different on the Model, became a New York Times bestseller in 2014. (Bowker Author Biography)