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- Abacus
- Abacus
Biography: general, True stories, Prose: non-fiction
Reissue of the acclaimed biography of aviator Amelia Earhart.
When she disappeared in 1937 over a shark-infested sea, Amelia Earhart had lived up to her wish - internationally famous, a daring and pioneering aviator, and ambassador extraordinary for the United States. Married to a man with a genius for publicity, her life was crowded, demanding and adventurous.
Mary S. Lovell's superb biography examines a legend to reveal the pressures and influences that drove Amelia, and shows how her life, career and manner of death foreshadowed the tragedies and excesses of a media-dominated age.
Praise for Amelia Earhart: The Sound of Wings
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** 'The inevitability of a great romantic tragedy . . . In this book the little things and the great mingle and somehow explain each other. This is what biographies are about - GUARDIAN
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** 'A private glimpse beneath the surface of public lives - THE TIMES
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** 'Vividly evokes the tragic aspect of Amelia Earhart, as well as the moxie and grit of her personality and the hair-raising atmosphere of pioneering aviation - NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
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** 'The inevitability of a great romantic tragedy . . . In this book the little things and the great mingle and somehow explain each other. This is what biographies are about - GUARDIAN
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** 'A private glimpse beneath the surface of public lives - THE TIMES
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** 'Vividly evokes the tragic aspect of Amelia Earhart, as well as the moxie and grit of her personality and the hair-raising atmosphere of pioneering aviation - NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
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