A Pair of Wings

by Carole Hopson

Book Overview

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

A few years after the Wright brothers' first flight, Bessie was working the Texas cotton fields with her family when an airplane flew over their heads. It buzzed so low she thought she could catch it in her hands...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250347211
• ISBN13: 9781250347213
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.5"