Headwinds: A Memoir
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Headwinds: A Memoir
By: Edna Bell-Pearson
Kansas Notable Book 2020
When World War II makes its way to southwest Kansas, Edna Bell-Pearson's life is forever changed. After meeting the man who is to become her husband, a pilot stationed in her hometown of Liberal.
Edna moves to the opposite corner of the state. She is instrumental in starting what will become the Marysville Municipal Airport.
Edna's story, takes place over the course of five short years, telling about the Ungerer Flying Service, a family-built and operated business.
As the business is born, Edna learns to appreciate the importance of the little things like hunting and fishing trips, having a good housekeeper, and crisp, autumnal days without wind.
Paperback; 352 pages
ISBN: 978-1732241060
About the Author
Edna Bell-Pearson's stories, articles, essays, and poems have appeared in hundreds of magazines, newspapers, literary journals, and anthologies world-wide. She has published six books.
She is most noted for Fragile Hopes, Transient Dreams and Other Stories, a Southwest Kansas saga, which was chosen during Kansas sesquicentennial year, as one of 150 Best Kansas Books.
By: Edna Bell-Pearson
Kansas Notable Book 2020
When World War II makes its way to southwest Kansas, Edna Bell-Pearson's life is forever changed. After meeting the man who is to become her husband, a pilot stationed in her hometown of Liberal.
Edna moves to the opposite corner of the state. She is instrumental in starting what will become the Marysville Municipal Airport.
Edna's story, takes place over the course of five short years, telling about the Ungerer Flying Service, a family-built and operated business.
As the business is born, Edna learns to appreciate the importance of the little things like hunting and fishing trips, having a good housekeeper, and crisp, autumnal days without wind.
Paperback; 352 pages
ISBN: 978-1732241060
About the Author
Edna Bell-Pearson's stories, articles, essays, and poems have appeared in hundreds of magazines, newspapers, literary journals, and anthologies world-wide. She has published six books.
She is most noted for Fragile Hopes, Transient Dreams and Other Stories, a Southwest Kansas saga, which was chosen during Kansas sesquicentennial year, as one of 150 Best Kansas Books.