A Pair of Wings by Carole Hopson HARDBACK 9781250347213

Name: A Pair of Wings by Carole Hopson HARDBACK 9781250347213
Brand: Henry Holt & Company Inc

Henry Holt & Company Inc

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\nA few years after the Wright brothers? first flight, Bessie was working the Texas cotton ?elds with her family when an airplane flew over their heads. It buzzed so low she thought she could catch it in her hands. Bessie was fearless. She knew there was freedom in those wings.\nThe daughter of a woman born into slavery, Bessie answers the call of the Great Migration. She moves to Chicago, where she wins the backing of two wealthy, powerful Black men?Robert Abbott, creator and publisher of the Chicago Defender, and Jesse Binga, the founder of Chicago?s first Black bank. Abbott\n\nA Pair of Wings\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note: the price advertised is as low as we c;