Powder Puff Derby: Petticoat Pilots and Flying Flappers - Couverture rigide

Walker, Mike

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0470851406 ISBN 13 : 9780470851401

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons, 2003

Synopsis

Book by Walker Mike

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

...being born was the first, and last, conventional thing she d ever done in her life.

What else would you expect from Florence Pancho Barnes, the clergyman s wife, who had earned her nickname riding a mule through a bloody Mexican revolution disguised as man? Pancho s idea of fun involved taking unsuspecting young women up in her plane, rolling it over and tipping them out – parachute attached – to float terrified down to the ground, where her handsome lover would catch them in his arms.

Pancho was not alone. By the 1920s a whole generation of brave, even reckless, young women were breaking the ties that bound them to home, to convention and to the earth, and taking to the skies to claim their independence. Among them:

• Jessie (Chubbie) Miller, the feisty Australian who, without ever having been in a plane, persuaded a man she barely knew to take her on as a mechanic – a skill she didn t possess – for a world–spanning flight that ended in a sensational love triangle and murder trial in Miami.

• Hanna Reits ch who wanted to be a flying doctor and ended up as a Nazi test pilot. She was the last person to fly into Berlin as Hitler crouched in his bunker and the Russians poured a million tonnes of high explosive onto the city.

• Bessie Coleman, the first black woman to fly, who gained her licence in the face of incredible odds.

• Lady Mary Heath, the hard drinking Anglo Irish aristocrat, who became a household name but died alone and in poverty.

• Amelia Earhart, golden girl of the air, who was forced into taking one flight too many.

They were all stars and this is their story¼

Revue de presse :

"Walker s book brings indelibly to life a neglected chapter in aviation history..." ( Daily Mail, 11 July 2003)

" a list of colorful characters a refreshing diversion from the mainstream " (Focus, October 2003)

" walker tells a story of these early women pilots...with great dash and period detail " (New Scientist, 20 September 2003)

This is an original, entertaining and most welcome addition to the aviation bookshelves (Spitfire Society, Journal November 2003)

"Walker s book brings indelibly to life a neglected chapter in aviation history..." ( Daily Mail, 11 July 2003)

" a list of colorful characters a refreshing diversion from the mainstream " (Focus, October 2003)

" walker tells a story of these early women pilots...with great dash and period detail " (New Scientist, 20 September 2003)

  This is an original, entertaining and most welcome addition to the aviation bookshelves (Spitfire Society, Journal November 2003)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0470851406
• ISBN 13: 9780470851401
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304