| Description |
15 audio discs (18 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
183000 |
| Note |
Unabridged. |
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Compact discs. |
| Performer |
Read by Anna Fields. |
| 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. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937.
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Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Fields, Anna, 1965-2006. Narrator.
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| ISBN |
9781441706898 |
|
1441706895 |
| Music No. |
Z2221 Blackstone Audio |
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