Heather Lang
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On November 19, 1916, Ruth Law took off on a flight that aviation experts thought was doomed: she set off to fly nonstop from Chicago to New York City. Sitting at the controls of her small bi-plane, exposed to the elements, Law battled fierce winds and numbing cold. When her engine ran out of fuel, she glided for two miles and landed at Hornell, New York. Even though she fell short of her goal, she had broken the existing cross-country distance record,...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A picture book biography of Lucille Mulhall, a Wild West performer in the early 1900s whose skills were as considerable as her male counterparts and who is often regarded as "the original cowgirl.""--