Bibliograph

Bessie Stringfield, the amazing true story of the woman who became the motorcycle queen of Miami!, words and pictures by Joel Christian Gill

Type

Label

Bessie Stringfield, the amazing true story of the woman who became the motorcycle queen of Miami!, words and pictures by Joel Christian Gill

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-121)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 12 and up

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bessie Stringfield

Nature of contents

comics graphic novelsbibliography

Oclc number

952700962

Responsibility statement

words and pictures by Joel Christian Gill

Series statement

Tales of the talented tenth, no. 2

Sub title

the amazing true story of the woman who became the motorcycle queen of Miami!

Summary

"Imagine a five-foot-two-inch-tall woman riding a Harley eight times across the continental United States. Now imagine she is black and is journeying across the country in the pre-Civil Rights era of the 1930s and '40s. That is the amazing true story of Bessie Stringfield, the woman known today as The Motorcycle Queen of Miami and the first black woman to be inducted into the American Motorcyclist Association Hall of Fame and the Harley Davidson Hall of Fame. Stringfield was a pioneer in motorcycling during her lifetime; she rode as a civilian courier for the US military and founded the Iron Horse Motorcycle Club in Miami, all while confronting and overcoming Jim Crow in every ride"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adolescent

Classification

Creator