Who was Amelia Earhart?

Who was Amelia Earhart?

Kate Boehm Jerome

Book - 2002

Examines the life of pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart, who mysteriously disappeared during an around-the-world flight in 1937.

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Subjects
Earhart, Amelia, > 1897-1937 > Juvenile literature.
Air pilots > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women air pilots > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Genres
Biographies
Published
New York : Grosset & Dunlap [2002]
Language
English
Main Author
Kate Boehm Jerome (-)
Other Authors
David Cain, 1951- (illustrator)
Physical Description
106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Audience
610L
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 106).
ISBN
9780448428567
9780448428864
9780613616676
9780448013893
9781442049239
9780756915872
9780329291488
  • Who was Amelia Earhart?
  • Young Amelia
  • A woman of character
  • Amelia chooses a career
  • Amelia takes off
  • Amelia becomes a hero
  • Amelia the businesswoman
  • Pushing the limits
  • The final flight.
Review by Horn Book Review

These short, illustrated books capture the lives of famous individuals with accessible prose. Each book spends considerable time explaining the childhood experiences of its subject and manages to give readers a sense of the individual's personality and motives. All but [cf2]Tallchief[cf1] and [cf2]Houdini[cf1] have bibliographies. Timeline. [Review covers these Who Wasà? titles: [cf2]Who Is Maria Tallchief?, Who Was Amelia Earhart?, Who Was Harriet Tubman?, Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?,[cf1] and [cf2]Who Was Harry Houdini?[cf1].] (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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