Description: FIVE DARING WOMEN WHO MADE AVIATION HISTORY IN TODAY'S AGE WHEN WOMEN CAN AND DO PARTICIPATE IN ANY PROFESSION it is hard sometimes to understand the enormous difficulties they faced not so long ago. Today there are female combat and transport pilots in the world's air forces, women control the giant commercial jets, and women go into space as astronauts and cosmonauts. Gender is no longer an issue. This riveting book is about a time when gender was a real issue - and not easy to overcome. Author Keith O'Brien, a seasoned journalist and writer, takes us back to the period between the wars when airplane racing was wildly popular and dangerous - and dominated by men who were regarded as larger than life heroes. Women pilots were often depicted as silly and were mocked in the media. This book tells how a determined group of women were overcame the prejudice and the mockery in the activity they loved. THIS BOOK IS IN NEW CONDITION AND AWAITS ITS FIRST READER. The pages are crisp, clean and unmarked and the hardcover binding is firm and square with no corner bumps, The dust-jacket is intact and pristine and there are no signs of previous ownership such as a signature or bookplate. To all intends and purposes, this is a new book. There are numerous black-and-white photographs (see examples above) and, in addition to a general index, there are copious source notes. This is a recommended read not only for those who love aviation and the spirit of flying, but also those who are thrilled by what determination can achieve. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 978-1-328-87664-5 Non-Fiction ++ All books sold by Mackie Books are packaged in bubble wrap to guard against damage during shipping. This book will be shipped in a sturdy box. + Click here to see other listings by Mackie Books on eBay, including American and international classics. + We ship internationally through eBay's Global Shipping Program. + All the illustrations we post with our eBay listing are from the books in our inventory and are not stock pictures. + We like to get books to you in the condition described above. This means careful packaging - our specialty. + We use recycled material for packaging whenever possible - and we ask our friends to do this too! + Take care. Do unimportant stuff later. Read a good book today!
Price: 16.95 USD
Location: Sausalito, California
End Time: 2025-01-12T06:10:29.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.45 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Book Title: Fly Girls
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Women in History, Pioneers of Flight, Daring Exploitrs
Item Height: 9.25 in
Item Width: 1.25 in
Format: Hardcover
Inscribed: No
Type: Historical Account
Features: ISBN: 978-1-328-87664-5, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Illustrator: Photographs
Vintage: No
Author: Keith O'Brien
Personalized: No
Book Series: Historical
Publication Year: 2018
Item Length: 6.25 in
Language: English
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Signed: No
Publisher: Eamon Dolan - HMH
Genre: Aviation, History
Item Weight: 21 oz
Era: 1930s
