| East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart Contributor(s): Butler, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 030681837X ISBN-13: 9780306818370 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: "The single best book that we now have on Earhart's life" ("Washington Post Book World")--and the inspiration for the forthcoming major motion picture "Amelia" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Transportation | Aviation - History - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 1230 |
| Physical Information: 1.44" H x 6.1" W x 8.82" (1.35 lbs) 520 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) captured the hearts of America after becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in 1928. Nine years later, her disappearance on an around-the-world flight brought her extraordinary life to an abrupt and mysterious end. Based on a decade of archival research through Earhart's letters, journals, and diaries, and drawing on interviews with the aviator's friends and relatives, East to the Dawn provides the most authoritative and richly textured account of both Earhart's record-setting aviation career and her personal life: her early years with her grandparents, her experiences as a nurse and social worker, her famous marriage to publisher George Putnam, and her secret affair with Gene Vidal, head of the Bureau of Air Commerce. As the Los Angeles Times raved, East to the Dawn is a fully realized portrait of a truly remarkable woman. |