Soaring Wings: A Biography of Amelia Earhart.

PUTNAM, George Palmer.

Item Number: 51093

New York:, 1939.

First edition of this early biography of Amelia Earhart. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. Bookplate, near fine in a very good dust jacket.

Soaring Wings is a tribute by the lost flier's husband, which reveals the unique character, integrity and simplicity of Amelia Earhart. From her childhood, schooling, settlement house work, all colored by a passion for aviation, to the years of her fame, this is a detailed account of Earhart. It fills in the gaps in The Fun of It and Last Flight, with reminiscences from relatives and friends.