Queen Bess: Daredevil Aviator
Book Details
Author(s)Doris L. Rich
PublisherSmithsonian Institution Press
ISBN / ASIN1560986182
ISBN-139781560986188
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank558,866
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Here is the brief but intense life of Bessie Coleman, America's first African American woman aviator. Born in 1892 in Atlanta, Texas, she became known as “Queen Bess,†a barnstormer and flying-circus performer who defied the strictures of race, sex, and society in pursuit of a dream.

