Format:
Book
Author:
Ure, James W., 1939- author.
Title:
Seized by the sun : the life and disappearance of World War II pilot Gertrude Tompkins / James W. Ure.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher, Date:
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2017]
Description:
x, 194 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Summary:
Presents the life of the American air pilot who overcame a stuttering handicap to become a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II and who disappeared in a flight from Los Angeles in 1944.
Series:
Women of action
Women of action (Chicago, Ill.)
Subjects:
Silver, Gertrude Tompkins, 1911-1944.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography.
Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-185) and index.
Contents:
It's awful having a stutter -- Childhood ups and downs -- Confidence grows -- Traveling abroad -- Finding her footing -- Taking flight -- The WASPs are born -- Welcome to the WASPs -- Basic and advanced training -- Pecos -- On silver wings -- Flying for her country -- Dilemma -- Seized by the sun -- Searching.
LCCN:
2016047279
ISBN:
9781613735879 (cloth)
1613735871 (cloth)
9781613735879
Other Number:
961415534
System Availability:
4
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
4
Control Number:
672448
Call Number:
BIO Silver
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
4
# System items in:
4