Project Gutenberg 2023-03-11 Public domain in the USA. 341 Briand, Paul L., Jr. 1920 1986 60005457 Daughter of the sky : $b The story of Amelia Earhart $aUnited States :$bDuell, Sloan and Pearce, $c1960. Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "Daughter of the Sky: The Story of Amelia Earhart" by Paul L. Briand Jr. is a historical account written in the early 1960s. This biography chronicles the life and achievements of pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart, exploring her journey from a determined girl in Kansas to becoming an iconic figure in aviation history. The focus lies not only on her remarkable flights, such as being the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, but also on the personal struggles and societal challenges she faced. The opening of the narrative introduces Amelia Earhart through a series of reflections that highlight her courage and ambition. It begins with a quote attributed to Earhart, which underscores her philosophical outlook on courage as a necessary component for achieving one's dreams and confronting fears. As the story unfolds, it details Amelia's life as a social worker and her gradual transition into aviation, setting the stage for her groundbreaking flight across the Atlantic. Captured within these early chapters are glimpses of her childhood, her adventurous spirit, and the pivotal moments that called her to embrace the skies, foreshadowing her status as a trailblazer for women in aviation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015020704071 20200326054024briand 1960 US Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 Air pilots -- United States -- Biography TL Text Category: Biographies 527353 2025-06-28T03:41:57.727046 text/html 524073 2023-04-16T13:53:52 text/html 5667294 2025-06-28T03:42:10.284014 application/epub+zip 5665078 2025-06-28T03:42:00.988047 application/epub+zip 484132 2025-06-28T03:41:58.918027 application/epub+zip 7720771 2025-06-28T03:42:16.504004 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7666561 2025-06-28T03:42:08.409009 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 469103 2025-06-28T03:41:56.516042 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 468862 2023-04-16T13:51:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17865 2025-06-28T03:42:16.663918 application/rdf+xml 19812 2025-06-28T03:41:59.220039 image/jpeg 3168 2025-06-28T03:41:59.065999 image/jpeg 182781 2023-04-16T13:54:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 6598395 2023-04-16T13:54:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 7031223 2025-06-28T03:41:57.867081 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog