Amelia Earhart

Lori van Pelt (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2006 | New edition
Forge (Verlag)
978-0-7653-1062-0 (ISBN)

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Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) was the best known female aviator of her time. She set altitude records, speed records, and transcontinental flight records. In 1937, she attempted to fly around the world but, just days before her fortieth birthday, vanished, together with navigator Fred Noonan, in the Pacific en route to tiny Howland Island.

Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) was the best known female aviator of her time. She set altitude records, speed records, and transcontinental flight records. Earhart championed the efforts of women in aviation. In 1937, she attempted to fly around the world but, just days before her fortieth birthday, vanished, together with navigator Fred Noonan, in the Pacific en route to tiny Howland Island. Searches continue, and the new technologies being employed may eventually solve the mystery.

Lori Van Pelt is a former newspaperwoman whose nonfiction work has appeared in "Pilot Getaways," "Private Pilot," and numerous other magazines. Her short fiction has appeared in many anthologies and she is author of books of regional history and she has recently completed a collection of historical short fiction, forthcoming from the University of New Mexico Press. She is a member of Western Writers of America and makes their home on her husband's ranch near Saratoga, Wyoming.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.7.2006
Reihe/Serie	American Heroes S.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 190 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
ISBN-10	0-7653-1062-7 / 0765310627
ISBN-13	978-0-7653-1062-0 / 9780765310620
Zustand	Neuware