Daughter of the Air: The Brief Soaring Life of Cornelia Fort

Praised by the Daily Oklahoman as "touching and entertaining," Rob Simbeck's biography of Cornelia Fort is wonderfully evocative and moving. Like Beryl Markham's and Amelia Earhart's, Cornelia Fort's daring life as a pilot was both inspiring and groundbreaking. Raised on her parents' Nashville estate and educated at a prestigious finishing school, Fort rejected the role expected of her in society to become a pilot. A member of the first women's f...

By Rob Simbeck
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Grove Press; First Edition edition (May 10, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0802137911
ISBN-13: 978-0802137913
Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
Amazon Rank: 2293319
Format: PDF Text djvu ebook

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I knew next to nothing about the details of Cornelia Fort's life in Nashville other than that she had been a debutante. I really resonated with her childhood experiences as an introverted "nerd" who didn't fit in with the other girls in Nashville soc

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