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Brave Harriet : the first woman to fly the English Channel /

The first American woman to have received a pilot's license describes her April 1912 solo flight across the English Channel, the first such flight by any woman.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moss, Marissa
Other Authors: Payne, C. F. (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Silver Whistle, [2001]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Quimby, Harriet, > 1875-1912 > Juvenile literature.
Women air pilots > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Aeronautics > Flights.
English Channel.
Quimby, Harriet, > 1875-1912.
Air pilots.
Aeronautics.
Women > Biography.
Description
Summary:The first American woman to have received a pilot's license describes her April 1912 solo flight across the English Channel, the first such flight by any woman.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Awards:Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies, 2002.
ISBN:0152023801 (alk. paper)