Bessie, Queen of the Sky
Title | Bessie, Queen of the Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Andrea Doshi |
Publisher | |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2017-03-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780998504704 |
This fairy tale is inspired by the story of Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to hold a pilot's license in the world. 'When Bessie was growing up, no one could have imagined that a girl from a humble family would get out of the cotton fields and become a pilot. But with the help of her best friend Bloony, Bessie uses her courage and determination to make her dream come true!'
Brave Bessie
Title | Brave Bessie PDF eBook |
Author | Roda Ahmed |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2020-02 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781733904926 |
Queen Bess
Title | Queen Bess PDF eBook |
Author | Doris L. Rich |
Publisher | Smithsonian Institution |
Pages | 187 |
Release | 2015-03-10 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1588345122 |
Here is the brief but intense life of Bessie Coleman, America's first African American woman aviator. Born in 1892 in Atlanta, Texas, she became known as “Queen Bess,” a barnstormer and flying-circus performer who defied the strictures of race, sex, and society in pursuit of a dream.
Bessie Coleman
Title | Bessie Coleman PDF eBook |
Author | Linda Johns |
Publisher | |
Pages | 16 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | African American women |
ISBN | 9780322017665 |
Nobody Owns the Sky
Title | Nobody Owns the Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Reeve Lindbergh |
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1998-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780763603618 |
Presents a chronicle in verse of the life of Bessie Coleman, the first African-American aviator, who dreamed of flying as a child in the cotton fields of Texas and persevered until she made that dream come true. Reprint.
Flying Free
Title | Flying Free PDF eBook |
Author | Karyn Parsons |
Publisher | |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | African American women air pilots |
ISBN | 9780316457194 |
"The story of Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to earn her pilot's license"--
Fly High!
Title | Fly High! PDF eBook |
Author | Louise Borden |
Publisher | Perfection Learning |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | African American women air pilots |
ISBN | 9780756929350 |
This book discusses the life of the determined African American woman who went all the way to France in order to earn her pilot's license in 1921.