Book description
An airline captain crafts a riveting, adventurous novel inspired by the remarkable true life of pioneer aviatrix Bessie Coleman, a Black woman who learned to fly at the dawn of aviation and found freedom in the air
A few years after the Wright brothers' first flight, Bessie was working the…
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1 author picked A Pair of Wings as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Hopson's novel is the story of Bessie Colman, a aviatrix after WW I who, as a black woman, has overwhelming difficulties becoming a pilot, her dream since a girl. Black American men couldn't be trained as pilots, let alone a woman. This book is a hero tale, well researched by an author who is herself a black American pilot. A gripping story about a remarkable woman!
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