Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made

Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History

A New York Times Bestseller * An Amazon Best Book of the Year * A New York Times Book Review Editorsâ€™ Choice * A Time Best Book for Summer
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Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing. While male pilots were lauded as heroes, the few women who dared to fly were more often ridiculedâ€”until a cadre of women pilots banded together to break through the entrenched prejudice.

Fly Girls weaves together the stories of five remarkable women: Florence Klingensmith, a high school dropout from Fargo, North Dakota; Ruth Elder, an Alabama divorcÃ©e; Amelia Earhart, the most famous, but not necessarily the most skilled; Ruth Nichols, who chafed at her blue blood familyâ€™s expectations; and Louise Thaden, the young mother of two who got her start selling coal in Wichita. Together, they fought for the chance to fly and race airplanesâ€”and in 1936, one of them would triumph, beating the men in the toughest air race of them all.
Country USA
Manufacturer Mariner Books
Binding Kindle Edition with Audio/Video
ReleaseDate 2019-03-05
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Mariner Books
Binding	Kindle Edition with Audio/Video
ReleaseDate	2019-03-05
Format	Kindle eBook

Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History