| Author’s Note | [xi] | |
| Introduction | [xiii] | |
| PART ONE THE FRIENDSHIP FLIGHT | ||
| 1. | Boston Social Worker | [3] |
| 2. | Girlhood in Kansas | [12] |
| 3. | Halifax and Trepassey | [15] |
| 4. | Atchison Tomboy | [20] |
| 5. | Over the Atlantic | [25] |
| 6. | Premed at Columbia | [27] |
| 7. | Land! | [30] |
| 8. | A Sack of Potatoes | [32] |
| 9. | In the Public Eye | [35] |
| PART TWO THE WORLD OF FLIGHT | ||
| 1. | Wealth and Independence | [43] |
| 2. | Vagabond of the Air | [48] |
| 3. | The Kinner Canary | [54] |
| 4. | Aviation Editor | [56] |
| 5. | The First Women’s Air Derby | [59] |
| 6. | Developing Air Lines | [62] |
| 7. | George Palmer Putnam | [66] |
| 8. | Marriage | [71] |
| 9. | Solo Across the Atlantic | [77] |
| 10. | Other Atlantics | [84] |
| 11. | Flying in California | [86] |
| 12. | The Girl and the Machine | [94] |
| 13. | A Real Heroine | [99] |
| 14. | Solo from Hawaii to California | [105] |
| 15. | Nurse’s Aide in Toronto | [112] |
| 16. | Back Home Again | [117] |
| 17. | Solo from California to Mexico | [120] |
| 18. | Solo from Mexico to New Jersey | [125] |
| 19. | Purdue University | [131] |
| PART THREE THE LAST FLIGHT | ||
| 1. | Crack-up in Hawaii | [141] |
| 2. | New Route, New Preparations | [154] |
| 3. | Miami to Africa | [160] |
| 4. | Africa to India | [171] |
| 5. | India to Australia | [180] |
| 6. | New Guinea to Howland Island | [190] |
| 7. | The Disappearance and the Search | [200] |
| 8. | The Fog of Rumors | [208] |
| 9. | The Light of Fact: A Mystery Solved? | [211] |
| Record Flights | [219] | |
| Awards and Decorations | [221] | |
| Bibliography | [223] | |
| A Note About Sources | [227] | |
| Acknowledgments | [229] | |
Illustrations
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