East To The Dawn: The Life Of Amelia Earhart - Softcover

Susan Butler

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9780306808876: East To The Dawn: The Life Of Amelia Earhart

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ISBN 10: 0306808870 ISBN 13: 9780306808876

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1999

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Amelia Earhart (1897–1937) captured the hearts of the enitre nation after becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928. She was a social worker, author, lecturer, businesswoman, educator, and tireless promoter of women's rights. Yet, over half a century after her mysterious disappearance, many questions remain unanswered. East to the Dawn finally sets the record straight, providing the most comprehensive account to date of Earhart's extraordinary life. Based on ten years of research through archives, letters, and diaries, and on interviews with friends and relatives, this book includes intricate details about Earhart's career and her fateful last flight, with excerpts from letters written during the journey by her navigator Fred Noonan. The author also traces Earhart's personal life: her early years with her grandparents; her experiences as a nurse, premed student at Columbia University, and social worker; her famous marriage to publisher George Putnam; and her secret affair with Gene Vidal. This biography presents a revealing picture of Earhart in all her complexity, and is sure to be the last word on her incredible flying record.

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From the Back Cover:

Of the dozen or so books (mostly wild fantasies)that I have read about Amelia Earhart, Susan Butler's is the only one which re-creates accurately that singular woman whom my father was in love with, as indeed was I, aged ten, when the lady vanished.
Gore Vidal

About the Author:

SUSAN BUTLER, whose mother was a member of Amelia Earhart s flying organization, the Ninety-Nines, is a journalist with an M.A. degree from Columbia University whose work has appeared in the New York Times and Barron s, among other publications. She spent ten years writing East to the Dawn, which was her first book. She lives in Lake Wales, Florida.

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