Rich, Doris L. Queen Bess : : daredevil aviator / [electronic resource] / Doris L. Rich.. — Washington : : Smithsonian Institution Press,, c1993.. — xiv, 153 p., [16] p. of plates : : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-141) and index.

Reluctant cotton picker -- That wonderful town -- Mlle. Bessie Coleman-pilote aviateur -- Second time around -- Pleasing the crowds, alienating the critics -- Forced landing -- Grounded -- Texas triumph -- Nearing the goal -- Sky has a limit -- Epilogue.



Анотація:
Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman aviator, was a barnstormer and flying circus performer in the early days of American aviation before her death in an airplane crash in 1926.

ISBN: 1560982659 (alk. paper) 9781560982654 (alk. paper) 1560986182 (pbk.) 9781560986188 (pbk.)

LCCN: 93014785

Nat. Bib. No.: GB94-4512

Subjects--Personal Names:
Coleman, Bessie, 1896-1926.
Coleman, Bessie

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African American women air pilots--Biography.
Air pilots--United States--Biography.
Biographie

Subjects--Index Terms: Flying (Aircraft) United States

LC Class. No.: TL540.C646 / R52 1993

Dewey Class. No.: 629.13/092 B