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Amelia Earhart's shoes : is the mystery solved? / Thomas F. King ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937--Death and burial.
- Earhart, Amelia.
- Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937.
- Women air pilots--United States--Biography.
- Women air pilots.
- Aircraft accidents--Investigation.
- United States.
- Kiribati--Phoenix Islands.
- Air pilots--United States--Biography.
- Air pilots.
- Aircraft accidents--Investigation--Kiribati--Phoenix Islands.
- Aircraft accidents.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 376 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Walnut Creek [Calif.] : AltaMira Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- In this spellbinding book, the evidence on Earhart's disappearance is examined using the latest scientific techniques. Archaeological survey, global positioning systems, remote sensing, forensics, and a variety of laboratory analyses supplement the archival research and interviewing done around the world. 75 photos.
- Contents:
- 1 Where in the World Is Amelia Earhart? 1
- 2 The Lady in Question 9
- 3 The Navigator and the Airplane 16
- 4 Disappearance 25
- 5 After the Search: Assumptions, Assertions, and Conspiracy Theories 37
- 6 Getting Hooked on Earhart 47
- 7 McKean, Gardner, and the PISS 63
- 8 First Time on Niku 77
- 9 Can't Find That Train 95
- 10 Hope Springs Eternal 110
- 11 The Grave, the Skin, and the Shoes 119
- 12 "We Did It!" or Not 129
- 13 The Skeptic and the Kiwis 143
- 14 Back to the Windward Side 149
- 15 The Shattered Shores of Niku 160
- 16 Harassed by Hina, Favored in Funafuti 176
- 17 After the Storm 187
- 18 Kanton in the Rain 196
- 19 Bones for Real 206
- 20 Flesh on the Bones 222
- 21 Whose Bones, and Where? 235
- 22 Meanwhile ... 249
- 23 Where the Plane Came Down 259
- 24 Trying to Make Sense of It All 278
- 25 What Happened on the Night of July 2? 285
- 26 And Then? And Now? 306
- 27 Epilogue: 2001 and Beyond 333.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-364) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0759101302
- OCLC:
- 46704138
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