Amelia Earhart: The Sound of Wings

Author(s): Mary S. Lovell

Biography & Memoir | Sport

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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** '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

Mary Lovell lists her chief interests as horses, sailing, aviation and book collecting. She enjoys overseas travel and is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. She is the author of four previous biographies including the international bestseller S

General Fields

  • : 9780349121765
  • : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
  • : Abacus
  • : August 2009
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Mary S. Lovell
  • : Paperback
  • : Film tie-in edition
  • : English
  • : 629.13092
  • : 512
  • : 24pp of b/w photos