Amelia Earhart: The Sound of Wings - Brossura

Lovell, Mary S.

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ISBN 10: 0349121761 ISBN 13: 9780349121765

Casa editrice: Abacus, 2009

Riassunto

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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Recensione:

** '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)

Descrizione del libro:

* Reissue of the acclaimed biography of aviator Amelia Earhart

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• Editore: Abacus
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0349121761
• ISBN 13: 9780349121765
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 512