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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Smith, Sherri L., author.     Subjects     African American air pilots -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Air pilots -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.     Private flying -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Societies, etc. -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.     United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Smith, Sherri L., author.       by title:      American wings : Chi...         MARC Display

American wings : Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky / Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein. by Smith, Sherri L., author. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2024] Subjects African American air pilots -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Air pilots -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.   Private flying -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Societies, etc. -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.   United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9780593323984 (hardcover) : 059332398X (hardcover) : Description:  376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  Prologue: a dream takes flight -- Pre-flight, Detroit, 1927 -- Ground school, 1927-1929 -- Taking off, 1929-1933 -- Climb, 1933-1934 -- Ethiopia, 1935 -- The airways part, 1936-1937 -- The Defender flyers, 1938 -- The moonshot, 1939 -- The love story of Cornelius R. Coffey, 1939-1940 -- The Tuskegee tussle, 1940-1941 -- Wings of war, 1941-1945 -- Touching down, 1946 and beyond -- Epilogue: to the stars. Requests:  1 Summary:  "A nonfiction account of a group of determined Black Americans who created a flying club and built their own airfield on Chicago's South Side in the period between World Wars I and II"-- Provided by publisher. Audience:  Ages 7 years and up. G. P. Putnam's Sons.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Acquisitions, YA   in Processing   Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Acquisitions --- On Order   in Processing   Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 629.13092 Sm Checked out 05/10/2024 Add Copy to MyList Laupahoehoe P/S Library YA -- Nonfiction 629.13092 Sm Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Liliha Public Library YA -- New Books 629.13092 Sm Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Pearl City Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 629.13092 Sm Item being held   Add Copy to MyList

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