The Fun of It

Unlike Earhart's other works, 20 Hours, 40 Minutes and Last Flight, which focus on flight details and aircraft specifications, this one is about HER and her life and her love of flying. Amelia began her life in Kansas and she became a nurse, a car mechanic, a social worker, a photgrapher, and even an airline vice president before she became America's aviation sweetheart. In this book she tells about those occupations and the impacts they had on her life and choices. She also tells a funny tale here and there like the time she was sledding and barely missed a head on collision with a horse, going between its legs as luck would have it. Another funny tale (that also involves a horse) is when she had one as a passenger!I got bored, however, when Earhart started about the weather bureau and went on a bit too much about the autogiro (helicopter today). The last quarter saves it from becoming a four star book tho. When today someone says the words "women in aviation" we immediately think about Amelia. Amelia generously hands out the credit tho. In the last quarter, Earhart talks about numerous women and their accomplishments in aviation including but not limited to Ruth Nichols, Elinor Smith, Bobby Trout, Anne Lindbergh, Phoebe Omlie, and even a historical great, Ruth Law. There is also a chapter devoted to the early days of hot air ballooning and the ladies involved.This is a must read for any and all aviation buffs. I will be reading it again.

I am a female pilot. I felt like I was sitting in an airport lounge with Amelia as she told me the story of her life. Even though there was a recent movie and many other books written about her, this book contains so many more details about the rich and courageous life she lived. For example, her mother did not believe in her daughters wearing skirts at a time when that was considered required by polite society. Amelia truly charted her own course through life from an early age and wrote about it honestly and engagingly. I highly recommend this book!

Fun, easy reading. I learned a lot about Amelia Earhart’s life from her own words!!

Interesting but a bit boring and factual. I liked that it was written in Amelia's own words but she told me more than what I was looking for. Too much about other people and not enough about her! She went on and on about other flyers of her day and aviational history, which is nice, but if you want more of an autobiography, like I did, this isn't the book for you. But if you are an aviation history buff you might just love it. I'm keeping it for further reference as I'm writing a book about Wiley Post and Harold Gatty and their famous flight around the world in1929.

Amelia was quite a pioneer in the world of flying. I learned a lot about the history of the beginning of flying including the women who first flew as well as the economics of flying.

This book is amazing! I think its one of those books that everyone should read, especially women. I would recommend it to anyone.

A fine book

Of course we know that everything AE wrote had a little "help" from the peripatetic George Putnam. Nevertheless, he does not seem to have snuffed out her voice, which positively shines through with a clear wit, a cool yet observant eye, and a definite love of her life, times, and husband.

Estoy encantada. Me lo he descargado enseguida, por 2€. Me ha reenviado directamente a la app de kindle para el móvil que funciona genial, en menos de 5min ya lo estaba leyendo. Muy buena edición. La app incluso tiene la opción de que gradúes el nivel de aclaraciones que quieres. Es decir, identifica las palabras que pueden ser más difíciles y entre paréntesis, arriba o abajo de la palabra te dice lo que significa.

Skip Earhart bios that drone on and on and start with Amelia's own words. This book is an absolute delight and has some great insights into some of the other things she did before she was a famous pilot, as well as tales of her early days of flight.