ISBN: 9780375501241 - the happy bottom riding club: the life and times of pancho barnes (20 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Pancho Barnes was a force of nature, a woman who lived a big, messy, colorful, unconventional life. She ran through three fortunes, four husbands, and countless lovers. She outflew Amelia Earhart, outsmarted Howard Hughes, outdrank the Mexican Army, and out- maneuvered the U.S. government. In The Happy Bottom Riding Club, award-winning author Lauren Kessler tells the story of a high-spirited, headstrong woman who was proud of her successes, unabashed by her failures, and the architect of her own legend. Florence Pancho Barnes was a California heiress who inherited a love of flying from her grandfather, a pioneer balloonist in the Civil War. Faced with a future of domesticity and upper-crust pretensions, she ran away from her responsibilities as wife and mother to create her own life. She cruised South America. She trekked through Mexico astride a burro. She hitchhiked halfway across the United States. Then, in the late 1920s, she took to the skies, one of a handful of female pilots. She was a barnstormer, a racer, a cross-country flier, and a Hollywood stunt pilot. She was, for a time, the fastest woman on earth, flying the fastest civilian airplane in the world. She was an intimate of movie stars, a script doctor for the great director Erich von Stroheim, and, later in life, a drinking buddy of the supersonic jet jockey Chuck Yeager. She ran a wild and wildly successful desert watering hole known as the Happy Bottom Riding Club, the raucous bar and grill depicted in The Right Stuff. In The Happy Bottom Riding Club, Lauren Kessler presents a portrait, both authoritative and affectionate, of a woman who didn't play by women's rules, a woman of large appetites--emotional, financial, and sexual--who called herself the greatest conversation piece that ever existed. From the Hardcover edition.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: Good. Hardcover 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects.

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Pancho Barnes was a force of nature, a woman who lived a big, messy, colorful, unconventional life. She ran through three fortunes, four husbands, and countless lovers. She outflew Amelia Earhart, outsmarted Howard Hughes, outdrank the Mexican Army, and out- maneuvered the U.S. government. In The Happy Bottom Riding Club, award-winning author Lauren Kessler tells the story of a high-spirited, headstrong woman who was proud of her successes, unabashed by her failures, and the architect of her own legend. Florence Pancho Barnes was a California heiress who inherited a love of flying from her grandfather, a pioneer balloonist in the Civil War. Faced with a future of domesticity and upper-crust pretensions, she ran away from her responsibilities as wife and mother to create her own life. She cruised South America. She trekked through Mexico astride a burro. She hitchhiked halfway across the United States. Then, in the late 1920s, she took to the skies, one of a handful of female pilots. She was a barnstormer, a racer, a cross-country flier, and a Hollywood stunt pilot. She was, for a time, the fastest woman on earth, flying the fastest civilian airplane in the world. She was an intimate of movie stars, a script doctor for the great director Erich von Stroheim, and, later in life, a drinking buddy of the supersonic jet jockey Chuck Yeager. She ran a wild and wildly successful desert watering hole known as the Happy Bottom Riding Club, the raucous bar and grill depicted in The Right Stuff. In The Happy Bottom Riding Club, Lauren Kessler presents a portrait, both authoritative and affectionate, of a woman who didn't play by women's rules, a woman of large appetites--emotional, financial, and sexual--who called herself the greatest conversation piece that ever existed. From the Hardcover edition.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. FIRST edition, FIRST printing. All First Print Editions from Random House carry the words "First Edition" on the copyright page. Random House defines these as First Printings, and any books published by them between 1968 to 2003 do NOT include a number "1" in the number line. A book with the print number line "23456789" is a First Printing only if the "First Edition" statement is present. The words "First Edition" replace the number "1" in the number line. Dust jacket is intact and in very good condition with minimal wear. Text block is clean, bright and tight, with no markings, corner creases or other defects noted except for faint tanning on edges. Providing superior service since 2001. Dropshippers heartily welcomed.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. Minor thumbing, else tight and clean. DJ shows minor rubbing. Signed on title page. Signed By Author.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Random House first edition. Inscribed by Kessler to previous owner on half-title page. Boards in very good condition. Unclipped dust jacket is covered in removable mylar and is clean and bright. Binding tight and text clean.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. VG hardcover in VG Jacket. 2000. SIGNED/Inscribed by AUTHOR ON Half Title page. Pages all clean/unmarked. Light scuffs. Binding solid. Jacket unclipped with mild edge wear. Clean/solid. 305 pp. Inscribed by Author(s).

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Hardcover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. Private library liquidation.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. Private library liquidation.

hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. 1st printing, with archival grade protective cover. Inscription by author: For Monica, who knows the skies. Lauren Kessler 2020." Tight binding. Not remaindered. Price corner intact. Photos are of the book you will receive. Twenty percent of book sale profits donated to the World Literacy Foundation. Inscribed by Author(s).…