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""Don't take women when you go exploring!" In 1932, Roy Chapman Andrews, the president of the Explorers Club, told hundreds of female students at Barnard College that women and exploration could never mix. He obviously didn't know a thing about either... The Girl Explorers is the inspirational and untold story of the women who broke apart the stuffy men's club and founded the Society of Woman Geographers (SWG), and how some key members-including Blair...
6) Last flight
Author
Publisher
Orion Books
Pub. Date
1988.
Physical Desc
xvii, 135 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
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Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to one of America's most famous pilots, who mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while flying over the Pacific Ocean.
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Publisher
Sunbury Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First Sunbury Press edition.
Physical Desc
460 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents new findings, eyewitness accounts, analysis, and never-before-published revelations from many unimpeachable sources including famed U.S. generals and iconic newsman and Earhart researcher Fred Goerner's files that reveal the truth about her death on Saipan, as well as the sacred cow status of this matter within the American establishment.
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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 242 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific in 1937, she was at the height of her fame. Fascination with Earhart remains just as strong today, as her mysterious disappearance continues to inspire speculation. In this nuanced and often surprising biography, acclaimed aviation historian Kathleen C. Winters moves beyond the caricature of the spunky, precocious pilot to offer a more complex portrait. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary accounts,...
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