Women Aviators: 26 Stories of Pioneer Flights, Daring Missions, and Record-Setting Journeys
- ISBN-10
- 1613745400
- ISBN-13
- 9781613745403
- Series
- Women Aviators
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 234
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Author
- Karen Bush Gibson
Description
Profiles the lives and careers of twenty-six women who were pioneers in the field of aviation.
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- 2013
- 240 pages
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- 2020-07-07
- 240 pages
- Paperback
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- 2009
- 232 pages
- Paperback
- Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
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