Tomboy of the Air: Daredevil Pilot Blanche Stuart Scott
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Book Overview
While American women were fighting for their right to vote, Blanche Stuart Scott asserted her right to fly. She had always been a daredevil and couldn't resist the temptation of traveling at... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0060291389
ISBN13:9780060291389
Release Date:July 2001
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Length:80 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 7.6" x 9.3"
Age Range:8 to 12 years
Grade Range:Grades 3 to 7
Customer Reviews
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A Swell Pioneer Aviation Book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Ms. Cummins has produced a very attractive small volume on Blanche Stuart Scott, pioneer aviator. The volume is well designed, as might be expected from a mainline publisher (Harper Collins) and the text is informative. While the book yields a good notion of who Ms. Stuart Scott was, a better exposition of Ms. Stuart Scott's 'crustiness' would probably have increased our understanding. There are the inevitable errors, of course, including an unfortunate caption of a photograph (on page 49) mistakenly identifying Lincoln Beachey as the aviator of a Wright biplane. Also, there is confusion about the supposed role of a non-existent sand bag in the fatal fall of Harriet Quimby and William Willard at Squantum, Massachusetts, in 1911. Taken as a whole, however, this book is well worth the purchase price and adds to our knowledge of one of the most colorful aviators of the pre-WWI period.
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