Women Daredevils
Thrills, Chills, and Frills
New York : Dutton Children's Books, [2008]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Annie Edson Taylor went over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Mabel Stark wrestled with tigers. Sonora Webster Carver plummeted forty feet on horseback into a tank of water. These and the eleven other women profiled in this book performed between 1880 and 1929, when females were expected to stay home and raise families, not entertain crowds with acts of derring-do. Their bravado, equal to that of any male thrill-seeker, made them inspiring at a time when women were testing the waters of equality and freedom. Julie Cummins's conversational text and Cheryl Harness's posterlike illustrations bring a colorful era in history to life.
Contents:
Zazel: human cannonball in pink tights -- Annie Edson Taylor: queen of the mist -- Mlle. D'Zizi and Gertrude Breton: leapin' ladies -- Isabelle Butler and La Rague Sisters: loopy women drivers -- May Wirth: world's greatest bareback rider -- Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick: the doll girl of aviation -- Mabel Stark: the lady and the tiger -- Gladys Roy and Gladys Ingle: winsome wing walkers -- Mabel Cody: just plane stunts -- Sonora Webster Carver: the girl on the high-diving horse.
ISBN:
9780525479482
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C BIOGRAPHY Collective Women | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Women | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Women | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Women | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Women | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Women | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Women | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Women | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Women | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Cum | North Main | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Women | Northeast Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Women | Northeast Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Women | St. Andrews Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Women | Southeast | Children's Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (page 48).