West Over the Waves: The Final Flight of Elsie MacKay
- ISBN-10
- 1912014696
- ISBN-13
- 9781912014699
- Category
- Women air pilots
- Pages
- 151
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Publisher
- Jayne Baldwin
- Author
- Jayne Baldwin
Description
Glamorous heiress Elsie Mackay could have lived her life in the whirl of high society but for her desire to become the first woman to fly the Atlantic from east to west. Journalist Jayne Baldwin uncovers the forgotten story of this bold, beautiful woman who loved the heady mix of speed and danger that marked the early days of aviation in 1920s
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Other editions
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- 2009
- 92 pages
- Paperback
- GC Book Publishers Limited
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