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East to the Dawn
EN NW EBISBN: 9780201311440 bzw. 0201311445, in Englisch, Da Capo Books, neu, E-Book.
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History, Amelia Earhart captured the hearts of the nation after becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1928. And her disappearance on an around-the-world flight in 1937 is an enduring mystery. Based on ten years of research, East to the Dawn provides a richly textured portrait of Earhart in all her complexity. It's the perfect complement to the October 2009 movie Amelia , starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, and Ewan McGregor. eBook.
History, Amelia Earhart captured the hearts of the nation after becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1928. And her disappearance on an around-the-world flight in 1937 is an enduring mystery. Based on ten years of research, East to the Dawn provides a richly textured portrait of Earhart in all her complexity. It's the perfect complement to the October 2009 movie Amelia , starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, and Ewan McGregor. eBook.
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East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart
EN USISBN: 0201311445 bzw. 9780201311440, in Englisch, Da Capo Press, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
adventurers and explorers,aviation,biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,historical,history,memoirs,piloting and flight instruction, East To The Dawn: The Life Of Amelia Earhart, The myths surrounding the life and legacy of Amelia Earhart run the gamut from the mundane to the ridiculous. Since her disappearance in 1937, people have questioned not only her actual death, but many aspects of her life, including the nature of the relationship with her husband, the flamboyant publishing magnate George Palmer Putnam, and even her very competency as a flier. Now, with East to the Dawn, Susan Butler offers the most comprehensive account to date of Earhart's extraordinary life?and finally sets the record straight.The image we have of Amelia Earhart today?a tousle-haired, androgynous flier clad in shirt, silk scarf, leather jacket, and goggles?is only one of her many personas, most of which have been lost to us through the years. Many of her accomplishments have been obscured by a growing obsession with the mystery of her disappearance. As well, Earhart herself was a master of putting on faces: a woman constantly striving for success and personal freedom in the 1920s and '30s, she could scarcely afford to let on when something was troubling her. Through years of research, however, as well as interviews with many of the surviving people who knew Amelia, Susan Butler has recreated a remarkably vivid and multi-faceted portrait of this enigmatic figure. As a result, readers experience Amelia in all her permutations: not just as a pilot, but also as an educator, a social worker, a lecturer, a businesswoman, and a tireless promoter of women's rights; we e.
adventurers and explorers,aviation,biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,historical,history,memoirs,piloting and flight instruction, East To The Dawn: The Life Of Amelia Earhart, The myths surrounding the life and legacy of Amelia Earhart run the gamut from the mundane to the ridiculous. Since her disappearance in 1937, people have questioned not only her actual death, but many aspects of her life, including the nature of the relationship with her husband, the flamboyant publishing magnate George Palmer Putnam, and even her very competency as a flier. Now, with East to the Dawn, Susan Butler offers the most comprehensive account to date of Earhart's extraordinary life?and finally sets the record straight.The image we have of Amelia Earhart today?a tousle-haired, androgynous flier clad in shirt, silk scarf, leather jacket, and goggles?is only one of her many personas, most of which have been lost to us through the years. Many of her accomplishments have been obscured by a growing obsession with the mystery of her disappearance. As well, Earhart herself was a master of putting on faces: a woman constantly striving for success and personal freedom in the 1920s and '30s, she could scarcely afford to let on when something was troubling her. Through years of research, however, as well as interviews with many of the surviving people who knew Amelia, Susan Butler has recreated a remarkably vivid and multi-faceted portrait of this enigmatic figure. As a result, readers experience Amelia in all her permutations: not just as a pilot, but also as an educator, a social worker, a lecturer, a businesswoman, and a tireless promoter of women's rights; we e.
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