Sterling Biographies®: Amelia Earhart: A Life in Flight - Softcover

Victoria Garrett Jones

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1402751575 ISBN 13: 9781402751578

Publisher: Sterling, 2009

Synopsis

Knowing the risks, but taking the chance anyway - that was the internal compass that guided Amelia Earhart. This biography captures: Amelia's impressive sense of daring, evident from a very young age; her eagerness to promote women's abilities and desire to contribute to the world around her.

About this title

Synopsis:

Knowing the risks, but taking the chance anyway - that was the internal compass that guided Amelia Earhart. This fascinating biography captures: Amelia's impressive sense of daring, evident from a very young age; her eagerness to promote women's abilities and desire to contribute to the world around her; her many firsts - including becoming the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic and her sudden disappearance over the Pacific, which remains one of aviation's most haunting unsolved mysteries.

About the Author:

Victoria Garrett Jones is a freelance writer and former National Geographic Society researcher. This is her seventh publication for Sterling, including two in the Sterling Biographies[registered] series: Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sterling
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1402751575
• ISBN 13: 9781402751578
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128