Queen Bess: daredevil aviator
Biography, Adventurers and explorers
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Rich outlines the life of the world's first black woman aviator, Bessie Coleman, by drawing on reports in black newspapers and memoirs of contemporaries. Born in 1892, Coleman battled racism and sexism in her drive to "amount to something." She… chose flying as her road to glory, earned her license in France after U.S. instructors refused to teach her, and found fame in air shows. She died in a crash in 1926. 1993.
Title Details
ISBN
9781560982654
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution Press
Copyright Date
1993
Book number
2414328
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
Catherine Byers
Duration
4 hours 22 minutes 42 seconds
Audio producer
Library of Congress, NLS/BPH (New York, NY : American Foundation for the Blind), 1996.