Queen Bess 861 Following your dreams can take

Following your dreams can take you to dreams you didn’t know you had

and an ultra-tough rear propeller that are virtually crash proof

Aviator green paper deflects glare and resists bleed-through

Published by The New Press/Ingram Publishing

Queen Bess 861 Following your dreams can takeQueen Bess honors the brief but intense life of Bessie Coleman, Americas first female aviator of African American and Native American heritage, who defied the strictures of race, sex, and society in pursuit of a dream. Born in 1892 in Atlanta, Texas, Coleman became interested in flying at an early age, but with no flight training opportunities for women or people of color in the United States at the time, she traveled to France to get her aviation