Amelia: The Centennial Biography of an Aviation Pioneer

by Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon

An examination of the life of Earhart from her childhood to her disappearance, discussing her contributions to aviation and to women's rights

Genres: Aviation, Biography, Nonfiction, History

321 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1999

About the author

A former officer in the United States Air Force, Donald M. Goldstein was Professor of Public and International Affairs at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.

Reviews

[Amelia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book, only for all the good information it contained about Amelia Earhart and her life all the way up to her final flight. I had a really hard time with the way the authors wrote the book. I feel like they added stuff and drew conclusions where there was nothing to draw conclusions from. Parts of the book included what she was thinking or feeling, which obviously nobody knows except her. This book would have been much better had they just told the facts as they were. If you REALLY enjoy learning about Amelia Earhart, I would still recommend this book because of all the great information that it does have.

[Janeen Miklos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good book-with an interesting perspective.

[Nancy Nash Keefer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Most of the book is a very dry recitation of facts. Amelia did this. Amelia flew here.

It was only when the author moved into the speculatory areas of the topic that his voice came alive.

But now I want to go look at maps.

[Megan Harris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amelia Earhart is a fascinating American. She was an amazing woman. I love reading about her and the fact that she allegedly died in a mysterious manner with her lousy alcoholic navigator upsets me tremendously every time I read about it or watch something about it on TV.

We did watch something about her recently and the portrait wasn't tremendously flattering. So, She is an enigma in my book. Quite beautiful too.

I have a couple of more books to read about her but am only allowed to read one every so often since I seem to get emotionally involved.

[Kivrin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book on a very interesting subject. The writing tended to get bogged down with the she addressed this group on this day lists, but all in all I thought it was an easy read. Amelia was a fascinating woman, and I learned a lot about her and her disappearance that I didn't know.

[Chelsea · Rating 3 out of 5]

The writing itself wasn't the best but it did make me appreciate Amelia's life all the more. She was such an incredible person. This book really makes you wonder what happened to her since her plane crashed in the ocean but the plane nor her body were ever found.

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was absolutely fantastic! One of the best bios I have ever read! Even though I know how it ended (well I thought I did) I was still on edge with each page, wanting to know what was happening.

I would recommend this book!