The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart

When Amelia Earhart mysteriously disappeared in 1937 during her attempted flight around the world, she was already known as America's most famous female aviator. Her sense of daring and determination, rare for women of her time, brought her insurmountable fame from the day she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic in an airplane. In this definitive biography, Mary S. Lovell delivers a brilliantly researched account on Earhart's life using the original documents, letters, the logbooks of Earhart and her contemporaries, and personal interviews with members of Amelia's family, friends and rival aviators. The Sound of Wings vividly captures the drama and mystery behind the most influential woman in The Golden Age of Flight--from her tomboy days at the turn of the century and her early fascinations with flying, to the unique relationship she shared with G.P. Putnam, the flamboyant publisher and public relations agent who became both her husband and her business manager. It is a revealing biography of an uncommonly brave woman, and the man who both aided and took advantage of her dreams.

Author: Mary S. Lovell
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 09/01/2009
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780312587338
ISBN10: 0312587333
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Transportation | Aviation | History
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical

About the Author

Mary S. Lovell is author of the international bestselling biography Straight on Till Morning: The Biography of Beryl Markham and other acclaimed biographies on Sir Richard Burton, Jane Digby, the Mitford Girls, Betty Cynthia Pack, and Bess of Hardwick. She lives in Hampshire, England.

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