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Author Smith, Sherri L., author.

Title American wings [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] : Chicago's pioneering Black aviators and the race for equality in the sky / by Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein.

Publication Info. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2024]
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Description 1 online resource
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Note Electronic book.
Contents Prologue: a dream takes flight -- Pre-flight, Detroit, 1927 -- Ground school, 1927-1929 -- Taking off, 1929-1933 -- Climb, 1933-1934 -- Ethiopia, 1935 -- The airways part, 1936-1937 -- The defender flyers, 1938 -- The moonshot, 1939 -- The love story of Cornelius R. Coffey, 1939-1940 -- The Tuskegee tussle, 1940-1941 -- Wings of war, 1941-1945 -- Touching down, 1946 and beyond -- Epilogue: to the stars.
Summary "A nonfiction account of a group of determined Black Americans who created a flying club and built their own airfield on Chicago's South Side in the period between World Wars I and II"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience Ages 7 years and up G.P. Putnam's Sons
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. New York Penguin Young Readers Group 2024 Available via World Wide Web.
Subject African American air pilots -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Private flying -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Societies, etc. -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Genre Electronic books.
Added Author Wein, Elizabeth, author.
OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
Other Form: Online version: Smith, Sherri L. American wings New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2024] 9780593324004 (DLC) 2023022246
ISBN 9780593324004 (electronic bk.)
Music No. 4EC46FC4-0983-46BE-942F-F1A51E3CD0DB OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
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