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Women daredevils : thrills, chills, and frills / Julie Cummins ; illustrated by Cheryl Harness.
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| Authors: |
Cummins, Julie.
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| Call number: |
j920.72 CUM |
| Publisher: |
New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2008. |
| Publication date: |
c2008. |
| Subject: |
Women daredevils -- Biography.
Women daredevils.
Juvenile literature.
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| Title: |
Women daredevils : thrills, chills, and frills / Julie Cummins ; illustrated by Cheryl Harness. |
| Edition: |
1st ed. |
| Physical description: |
48 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents note: |
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. |
| Summary note: |
The stories of fourteen women during the period from 1880 to 1929 who performed feats of daring from being shot out of a cannon to high-diving on horseback. |
| Biography note: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 48). |
| Added author: |
Harness, Cheryl, ill.
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| ISBN: |
9780525479482
0525479481 |
| LCCN: |
2007018102 |
| Url for this record: |
http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1145060
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| Bib No.: |
1145060 |
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