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Author Nelson, Sue, 1961- author.

Title Wally Funk's race for space : the extraordinary story of a female aviation pioneer / Sue Nelson.

Publication Info. Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2019.
©2018

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  629.1309 NELSON    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B FUNK MARY WALLACE N    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  629.45 NEL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  629.13092 NEL    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  629.13 FUNK    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B FUNK    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies  B FUNK MARY WALLACE N    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Note "First published in Great Britain in 2018 by The Westbourne Press, an imprint of Saqi Books"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-239).
Summary "Wally Funk was among the Mercury 13, the first group of American pilots to complete NASA's 1961 Women in Space program... Undeterred, Funk went on to become one of America's first female aviation inspectors and civilian flight instructors, though her dream of being an astronaut never dimmed. In this offbeat odyssey, journalist and fellow space buff Sue Nelson travels with Wally Funk, approaching her 80th birthday, as she races to make her giant leap. Covering their travels across the United States and Europe--taking in NASA's mission control in Houston and Spaceport America in New Mexico, where Funk's ride to space awaits--this is a uniquely intimate and entertaining portrait of a true aviation trailblazer."--Dust jacket flap.
Subject Funk, Wally, 1939-
Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Astronauts -- Training of.
Outer space -- Exploration -- Political aspects -- United States.
Air pilots. (OCoLC)fst00802420
Astronauts -- Training of. (OCoLC)fst00819621
Discoveries in geography -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01352729
Women air pilots. (OCoLC)fst01177058
Outer space. (OCoLC)fst01243437
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Biographies.
Other Editions: Reproduction of (manifestation): Nelson, Sue. Wally Funk's race for space London : The Westbourne Press, 2018 9781908906342
ISBN 9781641601306 (hardcover)
1641601302 (hardcover)
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