Amy Johnson
Gillies, Midge, 1962-2004
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In May 1930, Amy Johnson, a typist from Hull, took off from Croydon Airport with a thermos flask and a packet of sandwiches to try to beat the world solo record to Australia. This is the biography of an extraordinary woman whose reckless aeronautical adventures inspired millions.
Main title:
Amy Johnson / Midge Gillies.
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Imprint:
London : Phoenix, 2004.
Collation:
xvi, 464 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., facsims., map, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2003.Includes index.Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-447) and index.
ISBN:
9780753817704 (pbk)
Dewey class:
629.13092
Language:
English
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BRN:
1398762