Bessie Coleman: daring to fly
(2003)

Nonfiction

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Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Lerner Publishing Group : Made available through hoopla, 2003
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781575057132 (electronic bk.) MWT11775428, 1575057131 (electronic bk.) 11775428
LANGUAGE
English
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High in the sky, Bessie Coleman could soar like a bird. She was free--at least until she landed. As a black woman in the 1920s, she wasn't allowed to learn how to fly. Forced to travel to France to learn, she became the first African Aermcian woman to earn her pilot's license. Whether she was wing-walking, giving a speech, parachuting, or flying, Coleman inspired people with her bravery and resolve

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