About this title: This is the dramatic account of two generations of female flyers who broke out of traditional gender roles while breaking the sound barrier.'
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Your search:Books»Amelia Earhart's Daughters: The Wild and Glorious Story of American Women Aviators from World War II to the Dawn of the Space Age(83 available copies)
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780688152338ISBN:0688152333
Description: Good. Used item may show library stamps, stickers and marks. Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Perennial, New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780380729845ISBN:0380729849
Description: Near Fine. A well-deserved tribute to the intrepid young women who answered the call of their country to risky duty in perilous times. Softcover, xiv, 322 pp., photos. Text has a just a hint of age-toning; otherwise like new. read more
Edition: 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Co., New York
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780688152338ISBN:0688152333
Description: Illustrated with Black & White Photos. Very Good Condition. Very Good Dustjacket. 6x9 Inches. This book is the story of many pioneers in aviation whose tales have remained untold largely because they were women. This hardcover First Edition from 1988 is illustrated with black & white photographs. It is in Very Good Condition with a Very Good Dustjacket. read more
Binding: book Softcover
Publisher: Perennial
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780380729845ISBN:0380729849
Description: Brand New. Brand new. Never read or owned. May have a remainder mark. 322 pages. 8.00 x 5.30 x 0.80 in. 10.4 oz. In 1942, with war raging on two fronts and military pilots in short supply, the U.S. Army Air Force enlisted a handful of skilled female aviators to deliver military planes from factories to air bases--expanding the successful program to include more than one thousand women. These superb pilots flew every aircraft in the U.S. Army Air Force--including B-26s when men were afraid to- ... read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow and Company, Inc, New York
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780688152338ISBN:0688152333
Description: Fine in Fine in Mylar jacket. Octavo (8vo) 9.2 x 6.12 inches bound in purple boards over black shelf back, gilt titled spine. xiv, 322 pp. with bibliography and index. Illustrated with 16 black and white photographic plates. Book design by Oksana Kushner. Front jacket photograph of female B-17 pilots. Remainder mark on the bottom edge. "In 1942, with war raging on two fronts and military pilots in short supply, the U.S. Army Air Force launched a small, cautious experiment--it invited a handful ... read more
"A nice tribute to our American Valkyries. I loved the photographs. It must be said again and again, that books like this are pieces of a vital history that is often overlooked by dust-covered history profs in the ivory towers of the university. This delivers a bit of real life of those years, albeit spiced up with the spirit of the times. And, the jackets they wore were to die for. I wonder how they would look with pearls."
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