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Daughter of the Sky

Daughter of the Sky

by Jr. Paul L. Briand

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Author
Briand, Paul L., Jr., 1920-1986
Title
Daughter of the sky : The story of Amelia Earhart
Original Publication
United States: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1960.
Credits
Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Language
English
LoC Class
TL: Technology: Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics
Subject
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 70263
Release Date
March 11, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Daughter of the Sky
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.Untitled
  6. 6.Untitled
  7. 7.Contents
  8. 8.Illustrations
  9. 9.Author’s Note
  10. 10.Introduction B by Colonel Hilton H. Railey, United States Army (retired)
  11. 11.PART ONE THE FRIENDSHIP FLIGHT
  12. 12.1. Boston Social Worker
  13. 13.2. Girlhood in Kansas
  14. 14.3. Halifax and Trepassey
  15. 15.4. Atchison Tomboy
  16. 16.5. Over the Atlantic
  17. 17.6. Premed at Columbia
  18. 18.7. Land!
  19. 19.8. A Sack of Potatoes
  20. 20.9. In the Public Eye
  21. 21.PART TWO THE WORLD OF FLIGHT
  22. 22.1. Wealth and Independence
  23. 23.2. Vagabond of the Air
  24. 24.3. The Kinner Canary
  25. 25.4. Aviation Editor
  26. 26.5. The First Women’s Air Derby
  27. 27.6. Developing Air Lines
  28. 28.7. George Palmer Putnam
  29. 29.8. Marriage
  30. 30.9. Solo Across the Atlantic
  31. 31.10. Other Atlantics
  32. 32.11. Flying in California
  33. 33.12. The Girl and the Machine
  34. 34.13. A Real Heroine
  35. 35.14. Solo from Hawaii to California
  36. 36.15. Nurse’s Aide in Toronto
  37. 37.16. Back Home Again
  38. 38.17. Solo from California to Mexico
  39. 39.18. Solo from Mexico to New Jersey
  40. 40.19. Purdue University
  41. 41.PART THREE THE LAST FLIGHT
  42. 42.1. Crack-up in Hawaii
  43. 43.2. New Route, New Preparations
  44. 44.3. Miami to Africa
  45. 45.4. Africa to India
  46. 46.5. India to Australia
  47. 47.6. New Guinea to Howland Island
  48. 48.7. The Disappearance and the Search
  49. 49.8. The Fog of Rumors
  50. 50.9. The Light of Fact: A Mystery Solved? — RECORD FLIGHTS AWARDS AND DECORATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY A NOTE ABOUT SOURCES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  51. 51.RECORD FLIGHTS
  52. 52.AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
  53. 53.BIBLIOGRAPHY — A. BOOKS — B. PERIODICALS — C. UNSIGNED ARTICLES
  54. 54.A NOTE ABOUT SOURCES
  55. 55.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  56. 56.Untitled
  57. 57.Untitled
  58. 58.Untitled
  59. 59.Transcriber’s Notes

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