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  • Tiny Jumper: How Tiny Broadwick Created the Parachute Rip Cord Book

    AGES 4+

    This thrilling biography tells the story of Tiny Broadwick, the first woman to ever parachute from a plane and the inventor of the parachute rip cord, and how her determination, courage, adventurousness, and joy in doing what she loved lifted her up to stand as tall as a pioneer in flight.

    The crack of a pistol shattered the silence-Tiny's signal to jump.Her hands trembled as she cut her parachute away from the balloon. Tiny Broadwick, a teeny, uneducated mill girl, had big dreams of soaring above the earth, out of poverty, and above expectations. She became the first woman to parachute from an airplane, and her idea for the rip cord paved the way for pilots to safely escape in-flight emergencies.This thrilling biography shows how Tiny's determination, courage, adventurousness, and joy lifted her up to stand tall as a pioneer in flight.

    Tiny Jumper: How Tiny Broadwick Created the Parachute Rip Cord Book $25.99
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    Product Specification

    Title: Tiny Jumper: How Tiny Broadwick Created the Parachute Rip Cord Book

    ISBN: 9781499813944

    Mastermind number: 231998

    Shipping weight (lbs): 0.815003922

    Package dimensions (inches): 11 x 8.5 x 0.125

    Author: Candy Dahl

    Illustrator: Maithili Joshi

    Format: Hardcover

    Publisher: little bee books

    Pages: 40