Copyright © 2016 by Alice Arlen and Michael J. Arlen
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Pantheon Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, and distributed in Canada by Random House of Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited, Toronto.
Pantheon Books and colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.
All of the images in this book are courtesy of a family collection, with exception of the article and photographs on this page, which is copyright © 1951 SEPS, licensed by Curtis Licensing, Indianapolis, Indiana. all rights reserved, and the image on this page, which is from Time magazine, September 23, 1954, copyright © 1954 Time, Inc. Used under license.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Arlen, Alice, 1940–2016. Arlen, Michael J.
Title: The huntress : the adventures, escapades, and triumphs of Alicia Patterson: aviatrix, sportswoman, journalist, publisher / Alice Arlen and Michael J. Arlen.
Description: New York : Pantheon, 2016.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015048178. ISBN 978-1-101-87113-3 (hardback). ISBN 978-1-101-87114-0 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Patterson, Alicia, 1906–1963. Women publishers—United States—Biography. Women journalists—United States—Biography. Newsday (Hempstead, N.Y.)—History. Women air pilots—United States—Biography. Women adventurers—United States—Biography. Horsemen and horsewomen—United States—Biography. BISAC: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/General. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/Editors, Journalists, Publishers. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/Women.
Classification: LCC CT275.P417 A75 2016. DDC070.5092/273—dc23. LC record available at lccn.loc.gov/2015048178
ebook ISBN 9781101871140
Cover images: Alicia Patterson, in 1943. Reproduced from Hofstra University Special Collections. All other photographs, courtesy of a family collection.
Cover design by Janet Hansen
v4.1_r1
ep