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Amelia Earhart: Challenging the Skies Great Lives Series (Great Lives (Fawcett)) [Paperback]

Susan Sloate (Author)
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January 3, 1990 9 and upGreat Lives (Fawcett)
The Great Lives Series

Witness history in the making as you turn the pages of time and discover the fascinating lives of famous explorers, leaders of 20th century politics and government, and great Americans.

Amelia Earhart

Challenging the Skies

When Amelia Earhart vanished over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 during her attempt to make the first round-the-world flight via the equator, it sparked one of the century's greatest mysteries. Did she crash? Was she taken prisoner by the Japanese? Was she on a spying mission for the U.S government? Is she alive today?

The First Woman To Fly Across the Atlantic!

Amelia Earhart: Challenging the Skies is the story of a compelling woman whose achievements spurred the growth of commercial aviation and furthered the cause of women's rights, as well. Accompany Amelia into the dangerous skies of the first days of flight and watch as she tames them with a daring all her own!

The Great Lives Series has been developed under the auspices of Dr. Frank Moretti, Ph.D., Associate Headmaster of The Dalton School in New York City; Dr. Paul Mattingly, Ph.D., Professor of History at New York University; and Barbara Smith, M.S., Assistant Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

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The Great Lives Series

Witness history in the making as you turn the pages of time and discover the fascinating lives of famous explorers, leaders of 20th century politics and government, and great Americans.

Amelia Earhart

Challenging the Skies

When Amelia Earhart vanished over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 during her attempt to make the first round-the-world flight via the equator, it sparked one of the century's greatest mysteries. Did she crash? Was she taken prisoner by the Japanese? Was she on a spying mission for the U.S government? Is she alive today?

The First Woman To Fly Across the Atlantic!

Amelia Earhart: Challenging the Skies is the story of a compelling woman whose achievements spurred the growth of commercial aviation and furthered the cause of women's rights, as well. Accompany Amelia into the dangerous skies of the first days of flight and watch as she tames them with a daring all her own!

The Great Lives Series has been developed under the auspices of Dr. Frank Moretti, Ph.D., Associate Headmaster of The Dalton School in New York City; Dr. Paul Mattingly, Ph.D., Professor of History at New York University; and Barbara Smith, M.S., Assistant Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1st edition (January 3, 1990)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0449903966
  • ISBN-13: 978-0449903964
  • Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.3 x 7.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,179,389 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Co-author of FORWARD TO CAMELOT, 2003 alternative-history novel from Authorhouse (finalist in 2004 IPPY Awards, finalist in 2004 Arizona Authors Assn. Literary Competition). #6 Amazon bestseller in Sci-Fi/Fantasy, optioned in 2005 by Fast Carrier Pictures for film. (Currently available.) Semi-finalist in the 2008 and 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contests with STEALING FIRE (info and excerpt appear on my website and at www.abnabooks.com). Also author of 16 published young-adult books (fiction and non-fiction, sports, biography, romance, etc), which includes Silver Medal/2007 Moonbeam Awards, for RAY CHARLES: FIND ANOTHER WAY! from Bearport Publishing. MYSTERIES UNWRAPPED: THE SECRETS OF ALCATRAZ (2008, Sterling Publisher) led to author appearance on MYSTERY QUEST: ALCATRAZ, a special for The History Channel, summer 2009. Playwright (two produced plays), screenwriter (2 screen properties optioned), sportswriter (major-league baseball and power volleyball). Founded and chaired The East Cooper Authors Festival in May 2007, a program that brought together published authors with students from primary schools through high school outside Charleston, South Carolina in programs designed to excite young readers. Inaugural program reached more than 11,000 students in one day.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Informative and easy to read book., December 11, 2003
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This review is from: Amelia Earhart: Challenging the Skies Great Lives Series (Great Lives (Fawcett)) (Paperback)
Amelia Earhart: Challenging the Skies is a great book. It is an informative, easy to read book that only focuses on the information needed but has enough to keep it interesting. This book is about Amelia's many adventures and accomplishments in flying that she hoped would open up the world of aviation to women. It describes the many records that Amelia broke: she was not only the first woman to do many things in aviation but, in some cases, the first person. It also gives many different possible explanations for the disappearance of Amelia and the reasons and arguments why or why they are not a possibility. This book is very well written and gives wonderful information, especially if you just want to touch on it.
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