Reducere. A Pair of Wings is a novel based on the life of pioneer aviatrix Bessie Coleman. Arriving in Chicago in 1915 from Waxahachie, Texas, Coleman is amo...
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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Bess Lomax HawesAuthor: Bessie JonesGrowing up in the rural South, Bessie Jones sang her way through long hours of field wo...
university of georgia press, carti, carte straina, sports & active outdoor recreation, sport: general
Reducere. DescriptionThis book is an overview of jazz and jazz-influenced pop singers. Among the major figures discussed are Armstrong, Crosby, Holiday, Fitz...
da capo press, carti, carte straina, the arts, performing arts
Reducere. In Marshall Island Legends and Stories, Daniel A. Kelin II preserves the qualities of oral storytelling in 50 stories recorded from 18 storytellers...
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Reducere. Abbie Deal, the matriarch of a pioneer Nebraska family, has died at the beginning of A White Bird Flying, leaving her china and heavy furniture to ...
university of nebraska press, carti, carte straina, fiction & related items, fiction: general & literary
Reducere. "Opening these pages is like stepping through a secret doorway to discover a menagerie of wonders, impossibly beautiful. There are sentences here s...
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Reducere. In Madam Bessie Jones, Her Life and Times, Jones emerges from the shadows of Carlisle (PA) history, first turning tricks in her mother Cora Andrews...
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Reducere. First published in 1928, A Lantern in Her Hand has outlasted literary fashions to touch generations of readers. In this classic story of a pioneer ...
university of nebraska press, carti, carte straina, fiction & related items, fiction: general & literary
Reducere. In the midst of a water shortage, a mango vendor weighs her sexual desire for a taxi driver against wanting to bathe first. Protesting an illegal e...
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Reducere. Nicknamed the Queen of the Blues, Bessie Smith rose up from poverty in the American South to become one of the most famous and respected recording ...
Reducere. Stock up for Black History Month and Women's History Month As a young black woman in the 1920s, Bessie Coleman's chances of becoming a pilot were s...
candlewick press (ma), carti, carte straina, children's