01981cam a2200325 i 4500 1855884606 TxAuBib 20180823120000.0 180726s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017058447 9781328876645 hardcover 1328876640 hardcover (OCoLC)1046076651 FMG eng rda FMG FMG TxAuBib rda O'Brien, Keith, 1973-, author. Fly girls : how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history / Keith O'Brien. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. xiv, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "An Eamon Dolan book.". Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-327) and index. Miracle of Wichita -- Devotedly, Ruth -- Real and natural, every inch -- Fortune of the air -- The fairest of the brave and the bravest of the fair -- Flying salesgirls -- Right sort of girl -- City of destiny -- If this is to be a derby -- There is only one Cleveland -- Good eggs -- Mr. Putnam and me -- Law of fate -- Give a girl credit -- Grudge flight -- Spetakkel -- All things being equal -- That's what I think of wives flying -- They'll be in our hair -- Playing hunches -- A woman couldn't win -- Top of the hill. "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"-- Provided by publisher. 20180823. CPDC522. Women air pilots United States Biography. Air shows United States History.