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

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New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2024]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Burlington Public Library - New Books	629.1309 SMITH	Check Shelf
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Young Adult New Books	YA 629.13 SMITH	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Teen New Materials	TEEN 629.13 SMI	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Teen	TEEN 629.13 SMITH	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Teen	YA 629.13 SMITH	Check Shelf
Simsbury Public Library - Teen	NEW TEEN 629.1309 SMITH	Check Shelf

Description	376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-368) and index.
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.
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.
	Aeronautics (OCoLC)fst00798293
	African American air pilots (OCoLC)fst00799007
	Air pilots (OCoLC)fst00802420
	Private flying -- Societies, etc. (OCoLC)fst01077498
	Race relations (OCoLC)fst01086509
	Illinois -- Chicago (OCoLC)fst01204048
	United States (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Biographies (OCoLC)fst01919896
	History (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author	Wein, Elizabeth, author.
Other Form:	Online version: Smith, Sherri L. American wings New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2024] 9780593324004 (DLC) 2023022246
ISBN	9780593323984 (hardcover)
	059332398X (hardcover)

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