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the sound of wings the life of amelia earhart
p when amelia earhart mysteriously disappeared in 1937 during her attempted flight around the world she was already known as americas most famous female aviator . her sense of daring and determination rare for women of her time brought her insurmountable fame from the day she became the first woman to cross the atlantic in an airplane . in this definitive biography mary s. lovell delivers a brilliantly researched account on earharts life using the original documents letters the logbooks of earhart and her contemporaries and personal interviews with members of amelias family friends and rival aviators the sound of wings vividly captures the drama and mystery behind the most influential woman in the golden age of flight from her tomboy days at the turn of the century and her early fascinations with flying to the unique relationship she shared with g.p. putnam the flamboyant publisher and public relations agent who became both her husband and her business manager . it is a revealing biography of an uncommonly brave woman and the man who both aided and took advantage of her dreams .
paperback st. martins griffin 2009 isbn13 9780312587338 isbn10 0312587333
abridged n isbn 13 9780312587338 number in series 1 number of pages 419 publisher st martins pr release date 1251763200000