Flying Free : How Bessie Coleman's Dreams Took Flight artist-Leo & Diane Dillon In thirteen-year-old Aster's family

In thirteen-year-old Aster's family

Illustrations by Herman Pfeifer

[xii] 164pp

That should have been the end of their story

Flying Free : How Bessie Coleman's Dreams Took Flight artist-Leo & Diane Dillon In thirteen-year-old Aster's familyBefore Bessie Coleman blazed a high trail with her plane . . . Before she performed in death defying flying shows that would earn her fame as "Queen Bess" . . . Before she traveled the country speaking out against discrimination, Bessie was a little girl with a big imagination that took her to the sky, through the clouds, and past the birds. Knocking down barriers one by one, Bessie endured racism and grueling training to become the first black female