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The sound of wings : the life of Amelia Earhart /

Describes Earhart's tomboy childhood, her early fascination with airplanes, the impact of Lindbergh's 1927 transatlantic flight on her life, and her disappearance in 1937.

Основен автор: Lovell, Mary S., (Author)
Формат: Книга
Език: English
Публикувано: New York : St. Martin's Press, [1989]
Издание: First edition
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Съдържание:
  • Amelia Mary Earhart: 1897 ; 1897 -1914 ; 1914-1920 ; 1920-1921 ; 1921-1927
  • George Palmer Putnam: 1887-1909 ; 1909-1915 ; 1915-1922 ; 1926-1928 ; 1928 : Amelia meets George
  • Amelia and George: 1928: before the flight ; 1928: the Transatlantic flight ; 1928-1929 ; 1929-1931 ; 1931-1932 ; 1932-1933 ; 1933-1935 ; 1935-1937 ; 1937: Miami-Lae ; 1937: Lae-Howland ; 1937-1939 ; 1939-1950
  • Appendix A: Radio communications
  • Appendix B: Technical aspects of the Lae-Howland flight
  • Appendix C: The Earhart disappearance theories
  • Appendix D: Chronology of important events in Amelia Earhart's life.