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Sprouting wings : the true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United States

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2021

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Title:	Sprouting wings : the true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United States
Author:	Jaggar, Louisa, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2021] ©2021
Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Summary:	"James Herman Banning always dreamed of touching the sky. But how could a farm boy from Oklahoma find a plane? And how would he learn to fly it? None of the other pilots looked like him. In a journey that would span 3,300 miles, take twenty-one days, and inspire a nation, James Herman Banning proved that you can't put barriers on dreams"--Amazon.com.
Audience:	Ages 5-7. Grades K-1.
Subjects:	Banning, James Herman -- Juvenile literature. African American air pilots -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Air pilots -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Cross-country flying -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Genre:	Biographies. Picture books.
Other Author:	Becker, Shari, author. Cooper, Floyd, illustrator.
Other Title:	James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United States CIP title: Sprouting wings : the flying hobos : the true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United States
ISBN	9781984847621

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