Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Plantz, Connie.

Bessie Coleman : first Black woman pilot / Connie Plantz. - Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, 2001. - 128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - African-American biographies. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 124) and index.

Describes the life of Bessie Coleman. Determined to open a flight school for other African Americans, "Brave Bessie" raised funds as a stunt pilot. Her life ended in a tragic accident, but not before her dream of flight made aviation history.

ISBN: 0766015459

LCCN: 00012424

Subjects--Personal Names:
Coleman, Bessie, 1892-1926 --Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Air pilots--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African American women air pilots--Biography--Juvenile literature.

LC Class. No.: TL540.C646 / P58 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 629.13/092 B