Women and Flight: Portraits of Contemporary Women Pilots
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Book Overview
Women pilots took to the skies soon after the Wright brothers, but only a few - Amelia Earhart, Beryl Markham and Sally Ride for example - have been recognized for their achievements. In this volume,... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:082122168X
ISBN13:9780821221686
Release Date:January 1997
Publisher:Bulfinch Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:2.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 10.4" x 9.4"
Age Range:13 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 8 and higher
Customer Reviews
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One of the best.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Carolyn Russo has revealed herself as a brilliant fine arts photographer in Women and Flight. Her portraits/landscapes are reminiscent of the finest works of Margaret Bourke-White and of other photographers who worked for Life magazine as hybrid portraitists/journalists during the middle of the 20th century. Photography is a form of architecture when done this well. Among Ms. Russo's wares are the ability to perceive immense depth in her subjects, an unfailing sense of when a stone is a stone (clarity), a surpassing gift of subtle humor and a fine old patience in dealing with her tools of the trade. The prints are flawless. They give us light... and much more.
Inspirational!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
If you are interested in a career or a lifestyle above the ground somewhere it would do you a great deal of good to pick up this book. I almost missed a flight due to flipping through this book in the gift shop. Every type of "bird" is in this book from private pilot to skywriter to Air Force Captain to astronaut. Its great to read that others are where I want to be and they didn't have the easiest time getting there. I can't say enough about this book. I will sleep with it under my pillow. And I've only browsed it! Truly a winner.
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