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Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The thrilling true story of the daring female aviators who helped the United States win World War II-only to be forgotten by the country they served When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Cornelia Fort was already in the air. At twenty-two, Fort had escaped Nashville's debutante scene for a fresh start as a flight instructor in Hawaii. She and her student were in the middle of their lesson when the bombs began to fall, and they...
5) Lindbergh
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 51
Physical Desc
628 p.: photos ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"High adventure and high ideals merge when a corps of intrepid female aviators battle to take part in the hugely popular air shows of the 1920s and 1930s. Ultimately, one of our heroines would win a race that earned her the right to be called America's best pilot"--
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit all utterly alone. Wilson doesn't know how to climb. He barely knows how to fly. But he has the right plane, the right equipment, and...
10) A higher call: an incredible true story of combat and chivalry in the war-torn skies of World War II
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is the true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies over wartime Germany on 21 December 1943 --the American--2nd Lieutenant Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17--and the German--2nd Lieutenant Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 375 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The sensational true story of Eddie Rickenbacker, America's greatest flying ace, who above all the rest showed a nation the way forward in its quest for speed, endurance and courage.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"An instant hit in the UK, this is the true account of a German shepherd who was adopted by the Royal Air Force during World War II, joined in flight missions, and survived everything from crash-landings to parachute bailouts--ultimately saving the life of his owner and dearest friend. In the winter of 1939 in the cold snow of no-man's-land, two loners met and began an extraordinary journey that would turn them into lifelong friends. One was an orphaned...