Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
by Candace Fleming
Children's Nonfiction
Beginning with Earhart's disappearance over the Pacific Ocean during her equatorial trip around the world in 1937, Fleming tells the story of Earhart's fateful last trip and the rescue efforts, along with alternating chapters depicting the chronological story of Earhart's life.
I didn't know much about Amelia Earhart before I read this biography, except that she was a female pilot who disappeared over the Pacific Ocean. Fleming has written a very informative biography of Earhart-- an attractive, spunky girl with a yen to fly who happened to be at the right place at the right time. Her fame was largely due to her husband's efforts to capitalize on her exploits. Earhart was a willing co-conspirator, doing many lecture circuits and gamely taking every publicity offer available. It was, after all, how she funded her desire to fly.
A well-researched, entertaining read. Yes, this uncovers the more human and pedestrian aspects of Amelia Earhart's life, but the legend of Earhart as aviatrix extraordinaire remains intact.
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