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The Navy’s Godfather: John Rodgers

By: Eileen F. Lebow

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The Navy’s Godfather: John Rodgers

By: Eileen F. Lebow

Paperback: A great naval victory always eluded John Rodgers, but he emerges in this account by Eileen Lebow as perhaps one of the most important persons in the establishment of the early navy.

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Lulu.com

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ISBN 10

1300182180

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9781300182184

Before Amelia

Women Pilots in the Early Days of Aviation

By: Eileen F. Lebow

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Before Amelia

Women Pilots in the Early Days of Aviation

By: Eileen F. Lebow

Before Amelia is the remarkable story of the worldas women pioneer aviators who braved the skies during the early days of flight. While most books have only examined the women aviators of a single country, Eileen Lebow looks at an international spectrum of pilots and their influence on each other. The story begins with Raymonde de Laroche, a French woman who became the first licensed female pilot in 1909. De Laroche, Lydia Zvereva, Melli Beese, Hilda Hewlitt, Harriet Quimby, and the other women pilots profiled here rose above contemporary gender stereotypes and proved their ability to fly the temperamental heavier-than-air contraptions of the day. Lebow provides excellent descriptions of the dangers and challenges of early flight. Crashes and broken bones were common, and many of the pioneers lost their lives. But these women were adventurers at heart. In an era when womenas professional options were severely limited and the mere sight of ladies wearing pants caused a sensation, these women succeeded as pilots, flight instructors, airplane designers, stunt performers, and promoters. This book fills a large void in the history of the first two decades of flight.

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483

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Potomac Books, Inc.

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1612342256

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9781612342252

The Bright Boys

A History of Townsend Harris High School

By: Eileen Lebow

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The Bright Boys

A History of Townsend Harris High School

By: Eileen Lebow

Named for the man who brought free higher education to city youths unable to afford the two local private colleges, Townsend Harris High School reminded generations of New Yorkers of the city's debt to him. Its mission was to prepare young men for success at City College, where education was free to graduates of the city's public high schools. The school's three year course was tough and rigorous. Students learned to survive and perform, or they left. By the 1930s, Townsend Harris was synonymous for bright boys, students who scored high on the yearly Regents examinations, but whose athletic ability, hard as they tried, was something of a joke. The author traces the development of the preparatory school from the first years of its beginning in 1849 to its 1942 closing by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia amid much controversy.

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248

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313002118

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9780313002113

A Grandstand Seat

The American Balloon Service in World War I

By: Eileen Lebow

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A Grandstand Seat

The American Balloon Service in World War I

By: Eileen Lebow

The little-known American Balloon Service worked in combat to help direct artillery fire more accurately and provide essential intelligence on enemy troop movements during World War I. German use of observation balloons to direct artillery fire in August of 1914 forced the Allies to develop a similar force. With the U.S. entry into the war in 1917, the balloon service, starting from scratch, evolved into an effective, disciplined fighting unit, whose achievements are unfortunately overshadowed by those of the flying aces. Reminiscences from balloon veterans form the basis of this book, the first to picture life as a gasbagger in the three major American engagements of the war. Amazingly, life as an observer suspended in a wicker basket under an elephantine hydrogen balloon proved less deadly than piloting an airplane. From his grandstand seat, the observer kept tabs on the war below him and telephoned vital information to headquarters command. These reports were often the only accurate intelligence available. Balloonists remember the war as a great adventure, one which many of them lived to tell about.

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240

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1567508316

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9781567508314

The Bright Boys

A History of Townsend Harris High School

By: Eileen Lebow

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A History of Townsend Harris High School

By: Eileen Lebow

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The Navy’s Godfather: John Rodgers

The Navy’s Godfather: John Rodgers

Before Amelia

Before Amelia

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The Bright Boys

A Grandstand Seat

A Grandstand Seat

The Bright Boys

The Bright Boys

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