{"product_id":"distinguished-african-americans-in-aviation-and-space-science-hardcover","title":"Distinguished African Americans in Aviation and Space Science - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBetty Gubert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMiriam Sawyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCaroline Fannin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDistinguished African Americans in Aviation and Space Science\u003c\/i\u003e offers brief, readable entries that describe the lives and careers of 80 men and 20 women who defied poverty and prejudice to excel in the fields of aviation and space exploration. Each essay begins with birth and death dates, educational institutions attended and degrees earned, positions held, and awards won. A short summary of the individual's contribution to aviation or space science is followed by a biographical narrative divided into three sections: Early Years, Higher Education, and Career Highlights. Often based on the authors' correspondence with the subjects themselves, or with family members, this illustrated volume provides the fullest and most accessible biographical information available for many of these figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBETTY KAPLAN GUBERT is the compiler of \u003ci\u003eInvisible Wings: An Annotated Bibliography on Blacks in Aviation, 1916-1993\u003c\/i\u003e (Greenwood 1994), among other bibliographies. Formerly head of reference services at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, for 21 years, she is the subject specialist in art for \u003ci\u003eMultiCultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and has had several articles published in such journals as \u003ci\u003eAfrican Arts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Libraries\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJudaica Librarianship\u003c\/i\u003e, and in scholarly reference works such as \u003ci\u003eAmerican National Biography\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEncarta Africana\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of New York City\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMIRIAM SAWYER is director of the Rutherford Public Library, Rutherford, NJ. She received her B.A. from Ohio University and her MLS from State University of New York at Albany. She has written numerous articles for library publications, and was editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Jersey Libraries\u003c\/i\u003e, the official publication of the New Jersey Library Association, 1994-1996. At present she is a regular reviewer for \u003ci\u003eMultiCultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e, a periodical published by Greenwood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCAROLINE M. FANNIN is a writer and library administrator. She received a bachelor's degree in writing and literature from Wheaton College, and a master's degree in library service from Rutgers University. Her previous collaborations have covered topics ranging from abortion and capital punishment to the works of Flannery O'Connor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.05 x 10.22 x 7.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51800769724704,"sku":"9781573562461","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/faec30c7ae4a6d0675902f7713154983.webp?v=1780837706","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/distinguished-african-americans-in-aviation-and-space-science-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}