Black wings : courageous stories of African Americans in aviation and space history
Title
:
Black wings : courageous stories of African Americans in aviation and space history
Author
:
Hardesty, Von, 1939-
ISBN
:
9780061261381
Edition
:
1st ed.
Publication Information
:
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2008.
Physical Description
:
x, 180 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
General Note
:
"In association with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum."
Contents
:
Barnstormer Bessie Coleman takes to the air -- Facing the headwinds of prejudice -- Long-distance flying -- In the shadow of war -- Tuskegee Airmen -- At full stride -- Into orbit-joining the astronaut corps.
Corporate Subject
:
United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd -- History.
Subject Term
:
African American air pilots -- Biography.
African American air pilots -- History.
African American astronauts -- Biography.
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Astronauts -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
Geographic Term
:
Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.)
Added Corporate Author
:
National Air and Space Museum.
Library | Call Number | Status |
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Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | 920 HAR | Nonfiction Collection |
Oakdale Library | 920 HAR | Nonfiction Collection |
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | 920 HAR | Nonfiction Collection |