This isn't so much of a #fictionnonfictionpairing, as it is a tree of books. I read Wings To Fly, discovered the amazing aviatrix Katharine Stinson & read up a ton on her & women in aviation leading up to & during WWI. As Stinson & her family trained male aviators in the war, that led me to read nonfiction on that topic which led to memoirs/bios which led to fiction written by men involved in WWI aviation. Oh, and all this led to a novel I wrote.
GlitteryOtters So, yes, many thanks to Celia Barker Lottridge for leading me down this path of study. #seasonsreadings2016 tagging other books pictured below in comments (where available in datatbase). I read a ton more on Stinson, but they were all out of print ILLs which I could not afford to buy at used prices, so only a couple are pictured here. 7y
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United States Women in Aviation, 1919-1929 7y
United States Women in Aviation, 1919-1929GlitteryOtters Storming the Skies: The Story of Katherine and Marjorie Stinson : Pioneer Women Aviators 7y
Storming the Skies: The Story of Katherine and Marjorie Stinson : Pioneer Women AviatorsSee All 13 Comments
GlitteryOtters Hostile Skies: A Combat History of the American Air Service in World War I 7y
Hostile Skies: A Combat History of the American Air Service in World War IGlitteryOtters FLYING FURY: Five Years In The Royal Flying Corps [Illustrated Edition] 7y
FLYING FURY: Five Years In The Royal Flying Corps [Illustrated Edition]GlitteryOtters War Birds 7y
War BirdsGlitteryOtters War Bird: The Life and Times of Elliott White Springs 7y
War Bird: The Life and Times of Elliott White SpringsGlitteryOtters Above the Bright Blue Sky: More about the War Birds 7y
Above the Bright Blue Sky: More about the War BirdsGlitteryOtters Wings 7y
WingsGlitteryOtters The Last Flight: Photoplay Title of Single Lady 7y
The Last Flight: Photoplay Title of Single LadyGlitteryOtters (Additional credit to interest in this area of study goes to the late silent era & pre code era films about WWI, especially those starring my favorite actor, Richard Barthelmess who was equally interested in this area of study. Many thanks to Wayne State University for lending via ILL so many of the books I studied which aren't pictured here (this is about 5% of what I read on these topics) 7y
LeahBergen Very cool! 7y
RealLifeReading Oh wow that does all sound fascinating! Great topic! 7y
