Flight From Fear [Paperback]

Sarah Byrn Rickman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2002

In Flight From Fear, dynamic young women fly fast airplanes - not always with safe, happy landings. They live, they love and, because it is wartime, they lose loved ones. World War II tested the mettle of a generation - men and women. The WASPs were not found wanting.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A rich satisfying tale... memorializing a vanishing generation...
Sarah is a grand storyteller as well as an adroit historian. -- Cindy Bonner, author of Lily and Right from Wrong

An engaging "quest" tale... a western woman becomes a new kind of pioneer - WASP pilot...
...just for female readers. -- Glenda Riley, historian of western women

Such a superb storyteller... this was a non-stop read ... A must for anyone interested in flying, WWII... life! -- Jacque Boyd, Ph.D., Aviation Historian, Oct. 2002

About the Author

Sarah Byrn Rickman attended the Pikes Peak Writers Conference in 1996 immeditely after completing her Master of Arts in Creative Writing at Antioch University McGregor in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Sessions presented by members of Women Writing the West inspired her to turn her fledgling idea of a WASP-based story into a female quest novel. Three years later, Flight From Fear won First Place in the historical fiction competition at PPWC. The following year, the sequel Flight To Destiny won First Place. Although Sarah’s heroines are women of "airplanes" rather than the Great Plains, the pioneer spirit lives in them nevertheless.

In 2001, Disc-Us Books published The Originals: The Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron of World War II, Sarah’s non-fiction book about the women pilots who preceded the WASPs.

Sarah and her husband, Richard, live in Centerville, Ohio, and have two grown sons. Her actual aviation experience is 22 hours in a Cessna 152. But she also grew up riding horses in Denver and at Cheley Camps outside Estes Park, which helped with the mostly western setting of Flight From Fear.

Product Details

• Paperback: 246 pages
• Publisher: Disc Us Books Inc (October 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584442735
• ISBN-13: 978-1584442738
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,853,515 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Women Learning to Fly, November 23, 2007

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Melinda Rose (Colorado USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flight From Fear (Paperback)

Sarah Rickman, a talented and respected journalist and biographer, treats us to a fictionalized story about women learning to fly, then applying their skills to ferry aircraft during WWII, at a time when such activities were not encouraged for women. The author skillfully creates an atmosphere that takes the reader along in the cockpit, with much excitement and stomach churning, and all that goes with it. A fun and exciting read, this book won Women Writing the West WILLA finalist award. I couldn't put it down!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Love Story on Steroids, November 10, 2005

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Richard A. Moore "RAMFLY" (IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flight From Fear (Paperback)

This book is a "ready-made soap opera." If one expects much real flying adventure,they will be very disappointed, as I was. Of course,the author, having only 22hrs in a Cessna 152 trainer, and not being a licensed pilot, can't possibly write about flying with any authority. Yuk! It drips with sap AND soap!