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Amelia Earhart's Daughters (Hardcover)

by Leslie Haynsworth (Author)
4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 322 pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow (29 Oct 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0688152333
  • ISBN-13: 978-0688152338
  • Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 17.3 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 503,240 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is the dramatic account of two generations of female flyers who broke out of traditional gender roles while breaking the sound barrier.'

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5.0 out of 5 stars Makes Me Feel A Mile-High, 2 Sep 1998
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The stories of women innovators always excite, but the story told by Haynsworth and Toomey is inspirational. More than a feel-good book, however, this book ranks as the best historical text I've read since "The Rape of Europa." Amelia Earhart's Daughters should make its way into all high-school reading lists. The stories of these unknown angels are vital components of the story of women in the 20th Century.
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4.0 out of 5 stars a good book, 10 Nov 1998
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This is a good book. I liked the people in it and the stories were interesting. There was a lot of stuff here I never knew before.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Daughters delivers verve, wit, and spellbinding history, 24 Sep 1998
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I picked up this book on a friend's recommendation and with few expectations. I had had no interest in aviation, am a tremulous airplane passenger, and when my fourth grade class assembled to watch the histoic moon landing, I had more interest in one small boy next to me than I did in one small step for man. Not anymore. Haynsworth's and Toomey's gripping narrative style and rigorous scholarship provide what few history books do, page-turning excitement. This book conveys the miraculous wonder that spectators must have experienced at early barn-storming events: breathless amazement at mankind flying high and fast beyond the clouds and straight into the impossible. From contraptions of wood and wire, barely recognizable as planes, to 6.2 million pound machines hurtling through the air at speeds of 6,000 miles an hour, Amelia Earhart's Daughters presents the great scope of the history of women in aviation. Walk, run, hell, fly to your nearest bookstore and pick up this book, you'll be glad you did and grateful to these pioneer women aviators and the authors for letting you share the ride.
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