High, Wide, and Frightened

A high adventure in aviation's Golden Age, this autobiography is 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 transcontinental 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.Thaden, Louise is the author of 'High, Wide, and Frightened' with ISBN 9781557287663 and ISBN 155728766X.