East to the dawn the life of Amelia Earhart
Record details
- ISBN: 0786152176 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 9780786152179 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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Physical Description:
electronic resource
remote - Publisher: [Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, [2006]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 18:43:25. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Anna Fields. |
System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 269122 KB; MP3 file size: 527801 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | Earhart, Amelia -- 1897-1937 Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography |
Genre: | Audiobooks. |
Electronic resources
Summary:
The image we have of Amelia Earhart today--a tousle-haired, androgynous flier clad in shirt, silk scarf, leather jacket, and goggles--is only one of her many personas, most of which have been lost to us through the years. Many of her accomplishments have been obscured by a growing obsession with the mystery of her disappearance. Through years of research and interviews with many of the surviving people who knew Amelia, Susan Butler has recreated a remarkably vivid and multifaceted portrait of this enigmatic figure. Listeners will experience Amelia in all her permutations: not just as a pilot, but also as an educator, a social worker, a lecturer, a businesswoman, and a tireless promoter of women's rights; we experience a remarkably energetic and enterprising woman who succeeded in life beyond her wildest dreams, while never losing sight of her beginnings; and we experience a woman who battled incredible odds to achieve her fame, while ensuring that her success would secure a path for women after her.