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Amelia Earhart Paperback – October 17, 1996

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She died mysteriously before she was forty. Yet in the last decade of her life Amelia Earhart soared from obscurity to fame as the best-known female aviator in the world. She set record after record—among them, the first trans-Atlantic solo flight by a woman, a flight that launched Earhart on a double career as a fighter for women's rights and a tireless crusader for commercial air travel. Doris L. Rich's exhaustively researched biography downplays the “What Happened to Amelia Earhart?” myth by disclosing who Amelia Earhart really was: a woman of three centuries, born in the nineteenth, pioneering in the twentieth, and advocating ideals and dreams relevant to the twenty-first.

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344 pages
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Smithsonian Books
Publication date

October 17, 1996
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7 - 9
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6.03 x 0.68 x 8.99 inches
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1560987251
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978-1560987253
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Rich's portrait reveals a determined, independent woman, brave enough "to go where no one had gone and to do what no one had done" . . . [and] illuminates the public and private life of a legendary flier, bringing her back to earth as a courageous woman who dreamed and dared all.

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“[A] fast paced, richly detailed biography.”—Publishers Weekly

“Ms. Rich vividly evoke[s] the tragic aspect of Amelia Earhart.”—New York Times Book Review, Notable Book

“Earhart emerges as a complex, controversial, and fascinating flesh-and-blood woman of many facets. . . .Well-researched and intelligently written.”—Chicago Tribune

“Defines Amelia Earhart by her courage, generosity, and determination, and not by the way her life ended.”—American Heritage

"Rich's portrait reveals a determined, independent woman, brave enough 'to go where no one had gone and to do what no one had done' ... [and] illuminates the public and private life of a legendary flier, bringing her back to earth as a courageous woman who dreamed and dared all." —Christian Science Monitor

"Rich is a gifted writer ... A fascinating and inspirational tale of Earhart's fight for equal rights, international peace, and a world where flying would be accessible to all." —San Francisco Chronicle

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Smithsonian Books; New edition (October 17, 1996)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 344 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1560987251
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1560987253
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 0.035 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.03 x 0.68 x 8.99 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #299,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #157 in Aviation History (Books)
- #1,191 in Traveler & Explorer Biographies
- #3,518 in Women's Biographies

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alexandra lynch

great book

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2022

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Hard to put this biography of Amelia Earhart down. Well written, researched down to the fine details of her life, conveying the unique hero worship Amelia inspired.

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I so hoped for more glamor

Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2014

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Well, so much for Amelia Earhart as a romantic figure, from a romantic moment in history. Gave me the details i wanted about her life though.

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Larry Siegel

Amelia remains a legend

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2011

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I've seen movies and read articles on Amelia Earhart and expected the book to cover similar ground on her life.
Surprised to find a legend who deserved by all measures of her character to be a heroine. Male biographers might have emphasized her flying skills and love of adventure. Doris Rich covered her social and emotional life in more detail than her flying feats. Too many heros are flawed people, she wasn't. I respect Amelia for her choices that benefitted her family, friends and country more than her own. She respected her fans and supporters with tireless public contact to be the best aviation spokesman in 1930's. This author tries to cover a complex persons life and gets the human side about right. Other books may detail the flying adventures better.

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Violet

Good condition!

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2021

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Good condition! And a good read!

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Amaxon Customer

A meteor in the sky

Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2013

Human progress follows a crooked path. Who would think that a brash upstart from the U.S. heartland could blaze a trail across so many fields? She is a character from Horatio Alger. Amelia Earhart had dreams that only boys of the era dared try. Truck driver, business person- and most of all, a record-setting pilot. She said when she went, she wished to die in her plane.
If you knew the state of hand-tuned av radios, the variable nature of low-frequency transmissions, and especially the challenge of finding an island in the Pacific- she was gambling with her life. Read the last chapters to catch her final hours, and in the epilogue, interviews with knowledgeable sources in the Navy, U.S. and Japanese authorities.
Good pictures, well footnoted.
To see when it was finally accomplished, see: World flight;: The Earhart trail .

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Mom to The Corps

Very inspiring..

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2013

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There was so much in this book about Amelia Earhart that I didn't know. I've always admired her courage and successes, but I had no idea she had done the many things she had, some at the risk of and ultimately at her own peril.

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Anna

is excellent.

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2016

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I am sending this book to my mother, so I have not read much of it. What I have, is excellent.

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Carol J. Nalaski

A good book clubber's choice

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2012

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A very moving tribute to an interesting historical figure.. Doris L Rich captured Amelia's spirit so well that I felt as if I were living
Amelia's life right along with her. A "winner"... Book clubbers will enjoy it.

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Non è chiara la domanda.

Reviewed in Italy on July 3, 2019

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Biografia accurata e dettagliata.

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Three Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 15, 2016

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as one would expect a great narrative, book lacking in photographs, maps etc

Hans Jürgen Geyer

Das Buch hat mich sehr berührt!

Reviewed in Germany on May 4, 2018

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Amelia Earhart war eine wunderbare Frau und eine Flugpionierin! Die Biographie hat alle Details ihres Lebens beleuchtet. Sie bleibt uns allen in ewiger Erinnerung!

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