Up in the air
Subtitle: the story of Bessie Coleman
By: by Philip S. Hart
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780439215275
Subjects: Juvenile literature; African American women air pilots; Biography; Air pilots; African Americans; African American women
Other titles: Story of Bessie Coleman
Description: Presents the story of Bessie Coleman, an American, who in 1920 traveled to France to become the first black woman to earn a pilot's license.
Notes: Published by arrangement with Carolrhoda Books, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 78) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Dreaming of Flying; title: 2. On to Europe; title: 3. The Barnstorming Life; title: 4. Flying High in Florida.