Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved (Inscribed First Edition, First Printing)

Long, Elgen M.; Long, Marie K.

ISBN 10: 0684860058 / ISBN 13: 9780684860053

Published by Simon and Schuster, 1999

About this Item

Inscribed First Edition, First Printing of this investigation into one of the great cold cases of the 20th century. The disappearance of celebrity aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan over the Pacific in July 1937. Spoiler alert: the Longs believe they've solved the mystery! Inscribed by Elgen and Marie Long to a previous owner on the title page. (The "Earhart Project" is the working name of the Long investigation.) 320 pages, illustrated. Light general wear.

Seller Inventory # 016687

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved (Inscribed First Edition, First Printing)
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684860058
• ISBN 13: 9780684860053
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

A re-creation of Amelia Earhart's final flight draws on a recently rediscovered report and lost radio logs of her last transmissions to explain what really happened when Earhart's plane vanished during her around-the-world flight

About the Author

Elgen M. Long is the only person to have flown solo around the world over both poles. His career includes 40,000 hours of worldwide flying in everything from 1930s Boeing 314 seaplanes to Boeing 747s. During World War II, Navy patrol flights in the Pacific often took him over Howland Island, Earhart's destination on her final flight.