Amelia Earhart's Daughters : The Wild and Glorious Story of American Women Aviators from World War II to the Dawn of the Space Age
by Leslie Haynsworth and David M Toomey
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/as new
- ISBN 10
- 0688152333
- ISBN 13
- 9780688152338
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
William Morrow & Co, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. As new in dust jacket. First edition/ printing. Hardcover. 322 pp. with index, bibliography. Illustrated. A dramatic, inspiring look at the second and later generations of women aviators who were equally determined and courageous but whose unique history is largely unknown. Beginning in 1942, with World War II raging on multiple fronts, the U.S. Army Air Force launcheda small, cautious experiment---it invited a handful of skilled women aviators to serve in its Ferrying Division, delivering military planes from factories to air bases all over the country. By war's end, more that a thousand women, led by famous avatrix Jacqueline Cochran, served and flew as well B-52s, and every aircraft in the Army Air Force. In the early 1960s, a handful of top female pilots wewre recruited by NASA to particpate in the "Women In Space" program; they never did make it into space but paved the way for today's women astronauts.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E22932
- Title
- Amelia Earhart's Daughters : The Wild and Glorious Story of American Women Aviators from World War II to the Dawn of the Space Age
- Author
- Leslie Haynsworth and David M Toomey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- as new
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0688152333
- ISBN 13
- 9780688152338
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- aviation, pilots, aviatrix, earhart, world war II, flyers, nasa,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation;
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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