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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Englishwoman known for her 1936 transatlantic solo flight describes her sexual adventures, three marriages, and pursuit of Denys Finch Hatton, whose relationship with Isak Dinesen was captured in Out of Africa.--
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit--all utterly alone. Wilson doesn't know how to climb. He barely knows how to fly. But he has the right plane, the right equipment, and...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"As a child, Mary Wilkins Ellis longed to fly, but she had to wait until she was 16 before she could have her first lesson. She soon became the youngest licensed pilot in her English county, but then all civilian flight was banned when Germany launched its attacks on Britain in 1940. Mary was grounded. One day she chanced to hear a radio appeal for Britons with pilot’s licenses—even women—to join the Air Transport Auxiliary and ferry brand...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
The story of the noble-born unconventional Englishwoman, Beryl Markham, who became a famous aviator.
"Taken as a young child to British East Africa, where she was left by her mother to be raised by a father who trained thoroughbreds for the Nairobi racing scene, Markham grew up to become one of the most daring and courageous women of her time. ... Beryl Markham would twice go on to become a figure of international renown: in 1936, when she became...
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