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2017

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:	3
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	672448
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Call Number:	BIO Silver

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