The volume I'm reading was written by Patricia Lauber, published in 1988 and titled "The Story of Amelia Earhart”. The book consists of 106 pages, 14 chapters and its index. In the first part (chapters 1-4), the author begins narrating the life of Amelia Earhart from the age of 7, who grew up next to her younger sister Muriel under the care of her grandfathers Alfred and Otis Muriel. Amelia Mary Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24, 1897. She showed, since her early ages, to be a very intrepid girl unlike other girls of her age. She liked to jump fences when she returned from school even though only boys jumped fences. She was slim, active, athletic, and tomboy. Her curiosity was beyond playing with dolls. “Later in life, Amelia
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After looking at several high schools, she chose to enter Hyde Park to study science courses. When she finished, she did not go to graduation, she did not care about the certification. The significant thing was that she did her best. In 1916, she was unsured what way to take in her life. She worked teaching English in Ogontz School, near Philadelphia. In December 1917 she went to Canada to spend time with her sister Muriel and she began to spend time watching pilots in the Royal Flying Corps train at a local airfield while in Toronto, too. One day, she volunteered as a nurse’s assistant in Toronto hospital for veterans (World War I). After that she left Toronto and went to Massachusetts where she took a course in automobile engine repair. Her next stop was in New York, City where she enrolled at the Columbia University to study pre-medicine but her parents wanted her to come home to Los Angeles. Then, she had gone to California thinking that she might continue her medical studies. Being in California a few wartime pilots gave lessons and Amelia started attending air
After looking at several high schools, she chose to enter Hyde Park to study science courses. When she finished, she did not go to graduation, she did not care about the certification. The significant thing was that she did her best. In 1916, she was unsured what way to take in her life. She worked teaching English in Ogontz School, near Philadelphia. In December 1917 she went to Canada to spend time with her sister Muriel and she began to spend time watching pilots in the Royal Flying Corps train at a local airfield while in Toronto, too. One day, she volunteered as a nurse’s assistant in Toronto hospital for veterans (World War I). After that she left Toronto and went to Massachusetts where she took a course in automobile engine repair. Her next stop was in New York, City where she enrolled at the Columbia University to study pre-medicine but her parents wanted her to come home to Los Angeles. Then, she had gone to California thinking that she might continue her medical studies. Being in California a few wartime pilots gave lessons and Amelia started attending air