The Jerrie Mock Story

The First Woman to Fly Solo Around the World

By Pimm, Nancy Roe

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ISBN
978-0-8214-2215-1 978-0-8214-2216-8
Publisher
Ohio


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Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on April 1, 2016  |  Biographies

In 1964, thirty-eight-year-old Ohio mother-of-three Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world in her tiny Cessna, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Junior Library Guild

Reviewed on May 1, 2016

This exciting narrative, which is full of hair-raising adventures and narrow escapes, introduces readers to Jerrie Mock, a little-known figure whose accomplishment was eclipsed by larger world events of the time, including the Vietnam War. The fact that Mock was a bored housewife—not a dedicated explorer—yet became the first woman to fly a plane around the world makes her story particularly inspiring. Quotes from period new...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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