Amelia Earhart: The Sound of Wings
Author(s): Mary S. Lovell
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.
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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 ** 'A private glimpse beneath the surface of public lives' THE TIMES ** '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
Mary Lovell lists her chief interests as horses, sailing, aviation and book collecting. She enjoys overseas travel and is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. She is the author of four previous biographies including the international bestseller S
General Fields
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- : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- : Abacus
- : 0.354
- : 01 August 2009
- : 198mm X 126mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Mary S. Lovell
- : Paperback
- : Film tie-in edition
- : English
- : 629.13092
- : 512
- : 24pp of b/w photos