Wings e-bog
161,96 DKK
(inkl. moms 202,45 DKK)
From small-town America to a world on the cusp of World War II, Wings is an uplifting story about one woman s fight to fulfil her dreams.From her family s dusty farmland airstrip near Chicago, Cassie O Malley would look at the planes shimmering in the moonlight and feel the pull of taking to the skies. Her First World War veteran father Pat wanted his son to be a pilot, not his reckless red-hai...
E-bog
161,96 DKK
Forlag
Transworld Digital
Udgivet
1 december 2009
Længde
544 sider
Genrer
1KBB-US-ML
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781409091653
From small-town America to a world on the cusp of World War II, Wings is an uplifting story about one woman s fight to fulfil her dreams.From her family s dusty farmland airstrip near Chicago, Cassie O Malley would look at the planes shimmering in the moonlight and feel the pull of taking to the skies. Her First World War veteran father Pat wanted his son to be a pilot, not his reckless red-haired daughter. But her father s partner Nick, fellow air ace, was willing to break all the rules and teach her to fly.When Cassie is invited to California to become a test pilot, her record-breaking flights make her a media darling. Risking her life, in a world preparing for the Second World War, she decides to chart her own course and pursue her own destiny, whatever it might cost her . . .