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Can I read Bessie Coleman: Daring to Fly (On My Own Biographies (Hardcover)) on EtoBox?
Bessie Coleman: Daring to Fly (On My Own Biographies (Hardcover)) by Sally M. Walker; illustrations by Janice Lee Porter is a children's nonfiction book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Bessie Coleman: Daring to Fly (On My Own Biographies (Hardcover)) about?
<p>High in the sky, Bessie Coleman could soar like a bird. She was free—at least until she landed. As a black woman in the 1920s, she wasn't allowed to learn how to fly. Forced to travel to France to learn, she became the first African American woman to earn her pilot's license. Whether she was wing-walking, giving a speech, parachuting, or flying, Coleman inspired people with her bravery and resolve.</p>
Who reads Bessie Coleman: Daring to Fly (On My Own Biographies (Hardcover))?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Sally M. Walker; illustrations by Janice Lee Porter
- Publisher
- Millbrook Press TM
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780876141038
- Category
- children's nonfiction
- Subjects
- Memoir, Fiction, Engineering
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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