Research on Flying

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xiv             ambiguity of the leaps; women left behind


 

3                Robert Smith

9                Milkman loses interest in life; cannot fly

32              Milkman in the car; flying blind

147            Macon Dead’s ghost—you can’t fly off and leave a body

162            landlocked people rarely dream of flight

173            Birmingham church bombing

178-180     Peacock

198            Corinthians remembers Robert Smith

220            The airplane ride

283            Pilot Dead she do any flying?

284            Susan Byrd lives near Solomon’s Leap

298            Milkman dreams of flying

321-323     Flying African children; old folks’ tale of slaves flying back to Africa

323            Jake dropped—you can’t fly off

328            Milkman: “He could fly!”  Sweet: “Who’d he leave behind?”

332            Hagar the one Milkman left behind (you can’t fly off)

336            Crow snatches the brass earring with her name; she could fly

337            If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it