Author : David A. Adler
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,76 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Air pilots
ISBN : 9780823415175
This picture-book biography of Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic solo who mysteriously disappeared, features full-color illustrations.
Author : Mike Roussel
Publisher : History Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
Release : 2017
Category : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ISBN : 9780750979481
A pioneering aviator and advocate of women's equality, Amelia Earhart was, and continues to be, an inspiration to people the world over. Her fierce determination to break records and push the boundaries of aviation led her to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932, as well as the first person (man or woman) to fly solo the trans-Pacific flight from Hawaii to California in 1935. Not content to leave it at that, Amelia set her sights on becoming the first woman to circumnavigate the world, but her brave attempt was cut short when she and her navigator, Fred Noonan, vanished over the Pacific Ocean on the final stretch of the challenge in 1937. Eighty years on and our fascination with Amelia Earhart continues. Here, Mike Roussel charts her life and experiences, exploring the investigations and theories surrounding her mysterious disappearance and revealing the naturally courageous spirit that made her one of the most daring of twentieth-century women.
Author : Doris L. Rich
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 26,45 MB
Release : 1996-10-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1560987251
She died mysteriously before she was forty. Yet in the last decade of her life Amelia Earhart soared from obscurity to fame as the best-known female aviator in the world. She set record after record—among them, the first trans-Atlantic solo flight by a woman, a flight that launched Earhart on a double career as a fighter for women's rights and a tireless crusader for commercial air travel. Doris L. Rich's exhaustively researched biography downplays the “What Happened to Amelia Earhart?” myth by disclosing who Amelia Earhart really was: a woman of three centuries, born in the nineteenth, pioneering in the twentieth, and advocating ideals and dreams relevant to the twenty-first.
Author : Amelia Earhart
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 15,19 MB
Release : 2012-10-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0897337859
Autobiography of the famous flyer which describes her own ambitions to become a pilot and offers advice to others.
Author : Candace Fleming
Publisher : Schwartz & Wade
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 22,22 MB
Release : 2012-01-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0307980219
From the acclaimed author of The Great and Only Barnum—as well as The Lincolns, Our Eleanor, and Ben Franklin's Almanac—comes the thrilling story of America's most celebrated flyer, Amelia Earhart. In alternating chapters, Fleming deftly moves readers back and forth between Amelia's life (from childhood up until her last flight) and the exhaustive search for her and her missing plane. With incredible photos, maps, and handwritten notes from Amelia herself—plus informative sidebars tackling everything from the history of flight to what Amelia liked to eat while flying (tomato soup)—this unique nonfiction title is tailor-made for middle graders. Amelia Lost received four starred reviews and Best Book of the Year accolades from School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Horn Book Magazine, the Washington Post, and the New York Times.
Author : Muriel Earhart Morrissey
Publisher : Conran Octopus
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 28,64 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : Kathleen C. Winters
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 15,91 MB
Release : 2010-11-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0230112293
When Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific in 1937, she was at the height of her fame. Fascination with Earhart remains just as strong today, as her mysterious disappearance continues to inspire speculation. In this nuanced and often surprising biography, acclaimed aviation historian Kathleen C. Winters moves beyond the caricature of the spunky, precocious pilot to offer a more complex portrait. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary accounts, airline records, and other original research, this book reveals a flawed heroine who was frequently reckless and lacked basic navigation skills, but who was also a canny manipulator of mass media. Winters details how Earhart and her husband, publisher George Putnam, worked to establish her as an international icon, even as other spectacular pilots went unnoticed. Sympathetic yet unsentimental, this biography helps us to see Amelia Earhart with fresh eyes.
Author : Henry Fielding
Publisher :
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 12,4 MB
Release : 1811
Category :
ISBN :
Author : James Buckley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 25,94 MB
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1684125456
A fascinating and entertaining biography of Amelia Earhart, in graphic novel format. When Amelia Earhart became the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932, she immediately became an American icon and a subject of endless fascination for generations to come. In Amelia Earhart: Pioneer of the Sky!, the story of the bold and daring aviator’s life is presented in graphic novel format, with full-color illustrations and historically accurate details. From her hardscrabble childhood to her final flight—and mysterious disappearance—Earhart’s journey will entertain, captivate, and inspire readers of all ages.
Author : Lew Freedman
Publisher : All about
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,46 MB
Release : 2016-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781681570860
Ages 9 to 13 years. Amelia Earhart was a pioneer pilot and was known as the best aviator of her time. This was very rare for a woman. She was a daring and skilful woman. Because of her courage, she broke flight records of speed and distance. One of her greatest achievements was in 1932, when she became the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She achieved this success during a time when people believed that piloting was only for men.
