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Author Ure, James W., 1939- author.

Title Seized by the sun : the life and disappearance of World War II pilot Gertrude Tompkins / James W. Ure.

Publication Info. Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2017]

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Location Call No. Status
 Southington Library - Children  Tween B TOMPKINS    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description x, 194 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series Women of action
Women of action (Chicago, Ill.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-185) and index.
Contents It's awful having a stutter -- Childhood ups and downs -- Confidence grows -- Traveling abroad -- Finding her footing -- Taking flight -- The WASPs are born -- Welcome to the WASPs -- Basic and advanced training -- Pecos -- On silver wings -- Flying for her country -- Dilemma -- Seized by the sun -- Searching.
Summary Presents the life of the American air pilot who overcame a stuttering handicap to become a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II and who disappeared in a flight from Los Angeles in 1944.
Subject Silver, Gertrude Tompkins, 1911-1944.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) -- Biography.
Silver, Gertrude Tompkins, 1911-1944.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography.
Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
Women -- Biography.
Air pilots.
Women air pilots.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women.
Other Form: Online version: Ure, James W., 1939- author. Seized by the sun First edition. Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press Incorporated, 2017 9781613735886 (DLC) 2016050005
ISBN 9781613735879 (cloth)
1613735871 (cloth)
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