Night Flight, Robert Burleigh
Night Flight, Robert Burleigh
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Night Flight
Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic

Author: Robert Burleigh

Narrator: Laura Hamilton

Unabridged: 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Live Oak Media

Published: 04/30/2012

Synopsis

The excitement and peril of being a pioneer -specifically a female pioneer -- is brilliantly presented in this compelling biography of the famous aviatrix. Focusing on her 1932 solo flight from Newfoundland to Ireland, glorious paintings highlight the ever-changing mood of the lyrical free verse, presenting the tension, the trials, the loneliness, and finally the relief and exhilaration of her triumph.

About Robert Burleigh

Robert Burleigh was born and raised in Chicago and later attended DePauw University. He has been publishing children's books since the early 1990s. In addition to writing, he paints regularly under the name Burleigh Kronquist and has had his work shown individually and with groups in Chicago, New York, and elsewhere around the United States.

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Goodreads review by Ms. Smartarse

A cargo plane pilot is struggling to fly through a cyclone from Patagonia to Buenos Aires. Meanwhile his boss back at the base is more concerned with delays in trans-Atlantic deliveries, which in turn may interfere with his plans of revolutionising long-distance air mail. I'd like to think that as I......more

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