Aeronauts' Daughter

Aurora Dawn Merryweather is born to pursue mankind's quest for flight.The daughter of Victorian balloonists, she is trained from the cradle in aeronautics. By age nine, she is assisting her mother in balloon flights. By age fourteen, she is piloting her own balloon. She makes her debut at the Balloonatics Ball held at the Columbian Exposition and poses for famed illustrator Charles Dana Gibson.But...