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UNINA9910821089103321 |
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Autore |
Rickman Sarah Byrn |
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Titolo |
Nancy Batson Crews : Alabama's first lady of flight / / Sarah Byrn Rickman ; foreword by Jane Kirkpatrick |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (231 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women air pilots - United States |
Air pilots - United States |
World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Female |
Birmingham (Ala.) Biography |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-202) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Boys, I've brought you a real lemon -- Daughter of Alabama -- Flight! -- The WAFS -- The best of all jobs -- Women in pursuit -- The question of militarization -- The best and worst of times -- Beyond the war: life goes on -- The pain of change -- Gliding: better than sex! -- Paul and the WASP -- Passing the torch: Radford learns to fly -- California City -- Lake Country estates -- Enhancing the legacy -- Nancy and the planes she ferried -- The reunion -- From Cub to King Air -- Pneumonia, or something worse? -- Terminal -- Alabama Women's Hall of Fame -- Redemption -- Paul Jr. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A riveting oral history/biography of a pioneering woman aviator. |
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