The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (611 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312587333 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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She realises her material and retells with tremendous verve all the best stories.” The Times (UK). “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“The most carefully researched Earhart biography to date.” The Boston Herald“A realistic, full-bodied portrait.” Booklist“A monumental biography - Mary Lovell is the real thing: a biographer passionately interested in her
Best book I have read on the subject eledavf Vivian This book holds the reader's interest on almost every page and gives a convincing understanding of Amelia Earhart's temperament as well as of her husband's. For the first time, I really got a clear understanding of the ambitious people they were and of the commercial background of their projects.I had learned from other books that Amelia was not a born aviator and did not have the skill to really master a plane, especially such a large one as was used in her last flight. But this book made her deficiencies all too clear and they were considerable. She was careless about important facets such as na. Excellent Bio of AE -- and GP I'd been told by an authority that this was the best Earhart bio, and I think it is. I especially appreciate the attention it gives to George Palmer Putnam, who's too often ignored or vilified. And uniquely, it pointed me to GP's pseudonymous "Cruise of the Kawa," which is really a hoot.. "Enthralling" according to KAH. I have always wanted to read a biography of Amelia Earhart and, after searching various reviews, I learned that this biography is judged by many to be the best. I can wholeheartedly support this recommendation. Mary Lovell does an excellent job of 'getting under the skin' of both of her main characters: Amelia and George Putnam. She presents a completely fair and level-headed account of both of their lives allowing just enough commentrary into her narrative to enable one to conclude that, yes, maybe Amelia wasn't the best woman flier of her generation, but she was certainly the bravest. And, yes,
In this definitive biography, Mary S. 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. Putnam, the flamboyant publisher and public relations agent who became both her husband and her business manager. 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. 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 mo
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. Mary S. She lives in Hampshire, England.