When Americans fell in love with aviation in the 1920s and 1930s, African American found their enthusiasm met with discrimination. In this inspiring account of her life, Janet Harmon Bragg, the first African American woman to earn a full commercial pilot's license, recalls a life of mutilfacted achievement, in which every obstacle was seen as a challenge. 16 illustrations.
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When Americans fell in love with aviation in the 1920s and 1930s, African American found their enthusiasm met with discrimination. In this inspiring account of her life, Janet Harmon Bragg, the first African American woman to earn a full commercial pilot's license, recalls a life of mutilfacted achievement, in which every obstacle was seen as a challenge. 16 illustrations.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Foreword by Johnnetta B. Cole. 120pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Near fine ex-library copy with stamps in a fine dust jacket.
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Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Signed by previous owner. ex-libray book dj in cell wrap-good very good condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 141 p. Contains: Illustrations. Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. smithsonian history of aviation series
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