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The Daring Miss Quimby
By Whitaker, Suzanne & Stock, Catherine McNicol
- ISBN
- 978-0-82341-996-8
- Publisher
- New York : Holiday House, c2009.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2009
Gr 2-5 Harriet Quimby was a writer and adventurer who became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel. This picture-book biography briefly recounts her interest in flying, her short-lived fame as an aviatrix, and her untimely death less than a year after receiving her license. Whitaker's text flows well, and ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
In this enthusiastic biography, Whitaker celebrates the life of the audacious Harriet Quimby, the first woman in the United States to ea...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
