Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 155728766X, Paperback)

Here is high adventure in aviation's Golden Age. This is the autobiography of one of America's greatest women pilots--some would say "the" greatest. Born in 1905 and raised in Arkansas, Louis Thaden attended the University of Arkansas before moving to California, where she earned her pilot's certificate in 1927 (her license is signed by Wilbur Wright). Within the year, she had broken the women's world record for altitude and endurance. In 1929 she won the first Women's Air Derby, a trans-continental race. Over the next several years, Thaden continued to set records and win awards until 1938 when she retired to spend more time with her family and write these memoirs. Originally published nearly thirty years ago this new paperback edition includes a Foreword by Patty Wagstaff.