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A Pair Of Wings Is A Novel Based On The Life Of Pioneer Aviatrix Bessie Coleman. Arriving In Chicago In 1915 From Waxahachie, Texas, Coleman Is Among The First Wave Of African Americans To Take Part In The Great Migration, The Largest Movement Of Black People Fleeing The Oppression Of The Agricultural South For Greater Freedom And The Promise Of Jobs In The Industrialized North. Because No One In The United States Will Teach An African American Woman To Fly, Coleman Learns To Speak French And Travels To France Where She Learns From Some Of The Best Flyers And Designers Of Great War Aeroplanes. After Her Initial Training She Is Awarded The French Civilian Aeronautic Brevet, Which Entitles Her To Pilot A Plane Anywhere In The World. As The 1920s Progress, Both Aviation And The Great Migration Continue In Parallel, And Coleman Becomes The Only Woman In The World To Contribute To Both. She Returns To Europe A Second Time For Training In Aerobatic Maneuvers. And Just As Coleman Translated Deftly Between French And English, Once Home She Converts The Aerial Life-saving And Death-dealing Tactics Of The Dogfighters Of The Great War Into Daring And Graceful Barnstorming Performances That Da

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Author

Hopson, Carole

Publisher

Jet Black Press

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781735511160

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

4.7 / 5 (115 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14