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Earhart's account of her ill-fated last flight around the world, begun in 1937, remains one of the most moving and absorbing adventure stories of all time. Compiled here are dispatches, letters, diary entries and charts she sent to her husband at each stage of her trip.
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This reprint of the chronicle of what turned out to be her last flying mission is sure to win new fans for the famed aviatrix. Earhart set out to circle the globe in 1937, with the aid of navigator Fred Noonan, and was lost after taking off from Lae, New Guinea, only 7000 miles short of the journey's completion. This narrative, assembled by Earhart's husband, the publisher G. P. Putnam, from her letters, diary and dispatches, reveals the pilot to be a cheerful, gallant soul, ever responsive to the earth's beauties. Entries in her log book are as likely to refer to rainbows and the fantastic shapes of clouds as to readings from her instrument panel. Her thoughts on equal opportunities for women are timely and inspiring 51 years later: "Women should do for themselves what men have already doneand occasionally what men have not donethereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action." Unfortunately, the author is not so forward-thinking when it comes to race (black mechanics look "considerably simian"), although she decries what Americans did to Africans, "these proud people, so handsome and intelligent in the setting of their own country." Given the marvelous, stirring content of this book, a more detailed foreword, including a capsule biography, would be appreciated by a generation of readers unfamiliar with Earhart's accomplishments. Illustrations not seen by PW.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Photographs (illustrator). Reprint. Moving account of Amelia Earhart's final flight. Int. vg. B & w photographs. 140 pages. Chapter book. Arranged by George Palmer Putnam and a foreword by Walter J. Boyne. Slight shelf wear. Seller Inventory # 126184B
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Last Flight
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LAST FLIGHT by AMELIA EARHART
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. (1st edition, 1st printing) Very large softcover, glossy wrappers in shades of purple, a colorized photo of famed aviatrix at top front right, 135 heavy pages, facsimile notes, a poem on Amelia by Nathalia Crane. Spine very lightly slanted, very tiny creases and light wear to top tips, very light tiny brown spotting to exterior page edges. Good. Seller Inventory # 52469