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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Smith, Sherri L., author.
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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.
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American wings : Chi...
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American wings : Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky / Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein.
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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.
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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.
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Hawaii State Library
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Kailua-Kona Public Library
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Kapolei Public Library
YA -- Nonfiction
629.13092 Sm
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05/10/2024
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Laupahoehoe P/S Library
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629.13092 Sm
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Liliha Public Library
YA -- New Books
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Pearl City Public Library
YA -- Nonfiction
629.13092 Sm
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05/28/2024
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