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West with the Night
by Beryl Markham  
Publisher Comments "Did you read Beryl Markham's book, West with the Night? I knew her fairly well in Africa and never would have suspected that she could and would put pen to paper except to write in her flyer's log book. As it is, she has written so well, and marvelously...
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The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying and of Women in Aviation
by Amelia Earhart Publisher Comments In 1937, she embarked with navigator Fred Noonan on a round-the-world flight that ended when their plane disappeared in the South Pacific. As one of the best-known figures in twentieth-century America, Amelia Earhart-and her fate-remain an object of...
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The Happy Bottom Riding Club: The Life and Times of Pancho Barnes
by Lauren Kessler Synopsis In a biography written with authority and affection, Kessler presents the true life story of Pancho Barnes--the woman who outflew Amelia Earhart, outsmarted Howard Hughes, outdrank the Mexican army, and outmaneuvered the U.S. government. 16-page insert....
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Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness
by Donald L. Barlett Publisher Comments Howard Hughes has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle, and reclusiveness. This book breaks through the image to reveal the man....
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The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright
by Tom D Crouch Publisher Comments "Crouch (A Dream of Wings) interweaves family drama with the history of aviation in a riveting saga of ingenuity, competing claims, public adulation and technical innovation".--Publishers Weekly. Photographs....
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20 Hours, 40 Min: Our Flight in the Friendship (National Geographic Adventure Classics)
by Amelia Earhart Publisher Comments Commemorating the 75th anniversary of her first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, 20 Hrs., 40 Min. reintroduces Amelia Earhart--one of the most fascinating figures of the 20th century--to a new generation of readers. Through her candid voice and fresh...
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Fate Is the Hunter (61 Edition)
by Ernest K. Gann Publisher Comments "This book is an episodic log of some of the more memorable of (the author's) nearly 10,000 hours aloft in peace and in war. It is also an attempt to define by example his belief in the phenomenon of luck-- that the pattern of anyone's fate is only...
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Lindbergh
by A Scott Berg Publisher Comments Few American icons provoke more enduring fascination than Charles Lindbergh -- renowned for his one-man transatlantic flight in 1927, remembered for the sorrow surrounding the kidnapping and death of his firstborn son in 1932, and reviled by many for his...
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The Immortalists: Charles Lindbergh, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and Their Daring Quest to Live Forever
by David M Friedman Publisher Comments He was one of the most famous men of the twentieth century, the subject of best–selling biographies and a hit movie, as well as the inspiration for a dance step – the Lindy Hop – he himself was too shy to try. But for all the attention...
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Under a Wing: A Memoir
by Reeve Lindbergh Publisher Comments "WE LINDBERGHS STILL KNOW OURSELVES BEST AS A TRIBE: CLOSE-KNIT, SELF-ENCLOSED, AND SELF-DEFINING, ALWAYS PREPARED TO BE BESIEGED BY INVISIBLE FORCES UPWELLING FROM THE PAST...".<P>The world knew Charles Lindbergh as a daring aviator, Pulitzer...
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Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight
by Paul Hoffman Publisher Comments Santos-Dumont as the man who had conquered the air. He played to the crowds by barhopping in a little dirigible that he tied to lampposts. In Paris and London, his dapper countenance stared out from cigar boxes, matchbooks and dinner plates, and fashion...
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Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved
by Elgen M Long Publisher Comments For more than sixty years people have wondered what happened to Amelia Earhart. Here at last is the answer. In 1937, Amelia Earhart disappeared into the Pacific Ocean only days from completing her famous around-the-world flight. Her plane was never...
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Howard Hughes: Aviator
by George Marrett Publisher Comments A test pilot for Howard Hughes separates fact from fiction to tell an insider's story of the aviation genius who set speed records in the 1930s and went on to develop some of America's most famous aircraft and weapons. George Marrett tested forty...
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Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved
by Elgen M Long Synopsis Earhart's last days are recreated in gripping detail, based on the authors' expert knowledge and a recently discovered report of the final leg of her fateful around-the-world flight. 40 photos. Maps....
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Wind, Sand and Stars
by Antoine De Saint-exupery Publisher Comments Recipient of the Grand Prix of the Academie Franaise, Wind, Sand and Stars captures the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight. Its exciting account of air adventure, combined with lyrical prose and the spirit of a philosopher, makes it one of the...
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The Flyers: In Search of Wilbur and Orville Wright
by Noah Adams Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-210) and index....
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Forever Flying
by R A Hoover Publisher Comments In the bestselling tradition of "Yeager" comes the extraordinary autobiography of one of America's greatest aviators. Barnstormer, World War II fighter, pioneering test pilot, aerobatics genius Bob Hoover tells his amazing story, sharing the thrills and...
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First Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane
by T A Heppenheimer Publisher Comments "The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Airplane"....
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The Wright Brothers Legacy: Orville and Wilbur Wright and Their Aeroplanes
by Walt Burton Publisher Comments Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, this book is an in-depth photographic portrait of their monumental work in aviation--and the world's reaction to the invention of flight. From their...
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Amelia: A Life of the Aviation Legend
by Donald M Goldstein Publisher Comments "Earhart's story soars again." ???"Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"...
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