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I Was Amelia Earhart is Jane Mendelsohn's debut novel, published by Knopf in 1996. It tells a fictional account of what happened to Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, after they disappeared off the coast of New Guinea in 1937.
Jan 1, 2001 · I Was Amelia Earhart by Jane Mendelsohn is a historical fiction/alternate reality novel that follows aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, as they attempt to circumnavigate the globe in her Lockheed Electra 10E plane.
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Amelia Mary Earhart ( / ˈɛərhɑːrt / AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer. On July 2, 1937, Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world.
In this brilliantly imagined novel, Amelia Earhart tells us what happened after she and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared off the coast of New Guinea one glorious, windy day in 1937. And she tells us about herself.
- Jane Mendelsohn
- Paperback
In this brilliantly imagined novel, Amelia Earhart tells us what happened after she and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared off the coast of New Guinea one glorious, windy day in 1937. And she tells us about herself. There is her love affair with flying (“The sky is flesh”) . . . .
Mar 4, 1997 · Books. I Was Amelia Earhart. Jane Mendelsohn. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Mar 4, 1997 - Fiction - 160 pages. In this brilliantly imagined novel, Amelia Earhart tells us what happened...
Jan 14, 2014 · Amelia Earhart refused to accept no for an answer; she dared to do what no one had ever done before, and became the first woman to fly a plane all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. This biography follows her from childhood to her first flying lessons and onward to her multi-record-breaking career as a pilot.
