by PAUL L. BRIAND, JR.
DUELL, SLOAN and PEARCE
New York
Copyright © 1960 by Paul L. Briand, Jr.
All rights reserved. No part of this book in excess of five hundred words may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher.
First edition
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 60-5457
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The author wishes to thank Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc., for permission to quote from the following books: The Fun of It, copyright, 1932, by Amelia Earhart; Last Flight, by Amelia Earhart, copyright, 1937, by Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc.; Soaring Wings, copyright, 1939, by George Palmer Putnam; Wide Margins, by George Palmer Putnam, copyright, 1942, by Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc.
For Margaret, my wife,
who allowed another woman—
Amelia Earhart—into my life.