Published under the pen name, Edith Van Dyne, L. Frank Baum wrote The Flying Girl (1911), a bold story, considering the Wright Brothers' first flight was 1903, and Amelia Earhart didn't take her first flight until 1920. We think children will still find its story appealing, though perhaps a bit less sensational than for the children who read it when flying still seemed a bit like magic.
This book is featured in our collection of Books for Young Readers.
Chapter II - The Discipline of Aviation
Chapter III - The Kane Aircraft
Chapter IV - Mr. Burthon is Confident
Chapter V - Between Man and Man, and a Girl
Chapter VI - A Bucking Biplane
Chapter VIII - Mr. Burthon's Proposition
Chapter XII - The Spying of Tot Tyler
Chapter XIII - Sybil is Critical
Chapter XIV - The Flying Fever
Chapter XVII - A Curious Accident
Chapter XVIII - The One to Blame
Chapter XIX - Planning the Campaign
Chapter XXI - Mr. H. Chesterton Radley-Todd
Chapter XXII - The Flying Girl
Chapter XXIII - A Battle in the Air
Chapter XXV - The Real Heroine