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New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2008. |
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1st ed. |
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9780525479482 0525479481 |
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j920.72 CUM |
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| Physical description: |
48 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. |
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Women daredevils -- Biography.
Women daredevils.
Juvenile literature.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 48). |
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| Summary note: |
The stories of fourteen women during the period from 1880 to 1929 who performed feats of daring from being shot out of a cannon to high-diving on horseback. |
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Zazel: human cannonball in pink tights -- Annie Edson Taylor: queen of the mist -- Mlle. D'Zizi and Gertrude Breton: leapin' ladies -- Isabelle Butler and La Rague Sisters: loopy women drivers -- May Wirth: world's greatest bareback rider -- Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick: the doll girl of aviation -- Mabel Stark: the lady and the tiger -- Gladys Roy and Gladys Ingle: winsome wing walkers -- Mabel Cody: just plane stunts -- Sonora Webster Carver: the girl on the high-diving horse. |
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