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Pimm, Nancy Roe

 
9780821422168: The Jerrie Mock Story: The First Woman to Fly Solo Around the World
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ISBN 10 : 0821422162 ISBN 13 : 9780821422168
Editeur : Ohio University Press, 2016

Synopsis

A Junior Library Guild selection
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Official 2016 Summer Reading List

In this biography for middle-grade readers, Nancy Roe Pimm tells the story of Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world. In her trusty Cessna, The Spirit of Columbus-also known as Charlie-she traveled from Columbus, Ohio, on an eastward route that totaled nearly twenty-three thousand miles and took almost a month. Overcoming wind, ice, mechanical problems, and maybe even sabotage, Mock persevered.

Mock caught the aviation bug at seven years old, when she rode in a Ford Trimotor plane with her parents. In high school, she displayed a talent for math and science, and she was the only woman in her aeronautical engineering classes at Ohio State University. Although she then settled into domestic life, she never lost her interest in flying. What began as a joking suggestion from her husband to fly around the world prompted her to pursue her childhood dream. But the dream became a race, as another woman, Joan Merriam Smith, also sought to be the first to circle the globe.

Even though Mock beat Smith and accomplished what her heroine Amelia Earhart had died trying to do, her feat was overshadowed by the Vietnam War and other world events. Now, Pimm introduces Mock to a new generation of adventurers.

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À propos de l?auteur

Nancy Roe Pimm is an award-winning author of nonfiction books for young readers, five of which have been Junior Library Guild selections. Smoky, the Dog That Saved My Life is her second book (after The Jerrie Mock Story) for Ohio University Press's Biographies for Young Readers series. A native of Brooklyn, New York, with three daughters and two grandsons, Nancy lives in Plain City, Ohio, with her retired race-car driver husband, their two dogs, two cats, and python named Monty.

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Éditeur
Ohio University Press
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0821422162
ISBN 13 
9780821422168
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
152
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780821422151: The Jerrie Mock Story: The First Woman to Fly Solo Around the World

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0821422154 ISBN 13 :  9780821422151
Editeur : Ohio University Press, 2016
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