In this biography for middle-grade readers, Nancy Roe Pimm tells the story of Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock, the First Woman to fly Solo Around the world.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, with three daughters and two grandsons, Nancy lives in Plain City, Ohio, with her retired race-car driver husband, their two dogs, two cats, and python named Monty..
Smoky, the Dog That Saved My Life is her second book (after The Jerrie Mock Story) for Ohio University Press\'s Biographies for Young Readers series.
About the Author: Nancy Roe Pimm is an award-winning author of nonfiction books for young readers, five of which have been Junior Library Guild selections.
Now, Pimm introduces Mock to a new generation of adventurers.
Even though Mock beat Smith and accomplished what her heroine Amelia Earhart had died trying to do, her feat was overshadowed by the Vietnam War and other World events.
But the dream became a race, as another woman, Joan Merriam Smith, also sought to be the First to circle the globe.
What began as a joking suggestion from her husband to fly Around the World prompted her to pursue her childhood dream.
Although she then settled into domestic life, she never lost her interest in flying.
In high school, she displayed a talent for math and science, and she was the only Woman in her aeronautical engineering classes at Ohio State University.
Mock caught the aviation bug at seven years old, when she rode in a Ford Trimotor plane with her parents.
Overcoming wind, ice, mechanical problems, and maybe even sabotage, Mock persevered.
In her trusty Cessna, The Spirit of Columbus -- also known as Charlie -- she traveled from Columbus, Ohio, on an eastward route that totaled nearly twenty-three thousand miles and took almost a month.
In this biography for middle-grade readers, Nancy Roe Pimm tells the story of Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock, the First Woman to fly Solo Around the world
