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  • Ure, James W., 1939- author.
     
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  • Silver, Gertrude Tompkins, 1911-1944.
     
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  • Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) -- Biography.
     
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  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
     
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  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
     
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  • Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography.
     
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  • Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
     
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    Seized by the sun : the life and disappearance of World War II pilot Gertrude Tompkins / James W. Ure.
    by Ure, James W., 1939- author.
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    Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2017]
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  • Silver, Gertrude Tompkins, 1911-1944.
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  • Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) -- Biography.
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  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
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  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
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  • Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography.
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  • Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
  • ISBN: 
    9781613735879 (cloth)
    1613735871 (cloth)
    Series: 
    Women of action (Chicago, Ill.)
    Description: 
    x, 194 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
    Edition: 
    First edition.
    Contents: 
    It's awful having a stutter -- Childhood ups and downs -- Confidence grows -- Traveling abroad -- Finding her footing -- Taking flight -- The WASPs are born -- Welcome to the WASPs -- Basic and advanced training -- Pecos -- On silver wings -- Flying for her country -- Dilemma -- Seized by the sun -- Searching.
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    Presents the life of the American air pilot who overcame a stuttering handicap to become a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II and who disappeared in a flight from Los Angeles in 1944.
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    Aiea Public LibraryYA -- BiographyB Silver Ur Checked In Add Copy to MyList
    Kaimuki Public LibraryYA -- BiographyTompkins UrBiographyChecked In Add Copy to MyList
    Kapolei Public LibraryYA -- BiographyB Tompkins Ur Checked In Add Copy to MyList
    Manoa Public LibraryYA -- BiographyB Tompkins Ur Checked out05/31/2024Add Copy to MyList
    Nanakuli Public LibraryYA -- Nonfiction940.54497 Silver Ur Checked In Add Copy to MyList


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