Amelia Earhart: Never in Man's Shadow (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

Biographical profile of the first lady of flight, Amelia Earhart. Earhart’s disappearance has mesmerized the American public ever since her fateful around-the-world flight in 1937. Countless theories have sprung up about what happened to her, some sanguine such as missing tiny Howland Island, running out of fuel and crashing into the Pacific, to the more bizarre: her capture by the Japanese military or her desire to start a new private life without media attention. The public’s fascination with Lady Lindy began long before her disappearance as she ventured into what was an almost exclusively male domain: airplanes and flight. Her flying skills, intelligence and daring, not to mention flaunting convention with panache, made her larger than life. She became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, the first person to fly it twice, and the first to fly the Pacific solo. Award-winning author and syndicated columnist Daniel Alef tells the story of Earhart's flight to success and her venture into American lore. [1,374-word Titans of Fortune article].