Flying solo
Subtitle: how Ruth Elder soared into America's heart
By: Julie Cummins ; illustrated by Malene R. Laugesen
Contributors: Laugesen, Malene, ill
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 29
ISBN-13: 9781596435094
Subjects: Women; Air pilots; Juvenile literature; Biography; Women air pilots
Description: In 1927, airplanes were a thrilling but dangerous novelty. Most people, men and women, believed that a woman belonged in the kitchen and not in a cockpit. Ruth Elder set out to prove them wrong by flying across the Atlantic Ocean.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

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