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Description
Characteristics
| Book cover finish | Headband, Hardcover ( square back binding ) |
| Special features | First edition, Dedicated copy, Dust jacket, Original edition ( O.E. or Or.E ) |
| Condition | New |
| Number of pages | 307 |
| Published date | 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Size | 17 x 25 x 3 cm |
| Author | Lauren Kessler |
| Editor | Random House |
Description
" Pancho " Barnes was a force of nature, a woman who lived a big, messy, colourful, unconventional life. She ran through three fortunes, four husbands, and countless lovers. She outflew Amelia Earhart, outsmarted Howard Hughes, outdrank the Mexican Army, and outmanoeuvered the U.S. government.
( ... ) 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.
( ... ) In The Happy Bottom Riding Club, the author 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 ".
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