Amelia Earhart: A Life in Flight
Knowing the risks, but taking the chance anyway - that was the internal compass that guided Amelia Earhart. This biography captures: Amelia's impressive sense of daring, evident from a very young age; her eagerness to promote women's abilities and desire to contribute to the worl... read full description below.
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| Interest Age |
10-13 years |
| Reading Age |
10-13 years |
| Library of Congress |
Women, Earhart, Amelia, Air pilots - United States, Air pilots, Women air pilots - United States |
| NBS Text |
Engineering & Technology: Textbooks & Study Guides |
| ONIX Text |
Children/juvenile |
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| Number of Pages |
128 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 140mm
Height: 190mm
Spine: 10mm |
| Weight |
177g |
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| Dewey Code |
629.13092 |
| Catalogue Code |
58577 |
Description of this Book
Knowing the risks, but taking the chance anyway - that was the internal compass that guided Amelia Earhart. This fascinating biography captures: Amelia's impressive sense of daring, evident from a very young age; her eagerness to promote women's abilities and desire to contribute to the world around her; her many firsts - including becoming the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic and her sudden disappearance over the Pacific, which remains one of aviation's most haunting unsolved mysteries.
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Author's Bio
Victoria Garrett Jones is a freelance writer and former National Geographic Society researcher. This is her seventh publication for Sterling, including two in the Sterling Biographies[registered] series: Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson.
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