Queen Bess

Queen Bess
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Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Total Pages : 187
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ISBN-10 : 9781588345127
ISBN-13 : 1588345122
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Book Synopsis Queen Bess by : Doris L. Rich

Download or read book Queen Bess written by Doris L. Rich and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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