During this time, one of her father's jobs took the family to Rydal, Pennsylvania, where Edwin Earhart was an attorney for the local railroad. Due to that factor, he held many jobs, moving the family around quite a bit during her childhood.
Amelia Earhart's grandparents did not approve of her father he was said to have had a drinking problem. It was not until 1908 that Amelia Earhart and her sister were to rejoin their parents in Iowa. Edwin Earhart's law practice soon failed and he had to take an executive job in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1905.Īmelia Earhart's mother and father moved to Des Moines, leaving Amelia Earhart and her younger sister Muriel Earhart with their grandparents. Amelia Earhart's father, Edwin Earhart, was a lawyer in Kansas City and remained there during Amelia Earhart's birth. Amelia's grandfather, Alfred Otis, had a wealthy estate and could afford to send his grandchildren to private schools and enjoy other comforts in life. Her mother, Amy Earhart, had returned to her parents' home for Amelia's birth. Binding: Hardcover, Subject: Biography & Autobiography, Topic: Aviation, Special Attributes: Limited Edition of 150 Copies, Includes flag transported in the plane Friendship, 1st Edition, Illustrated, Signed, Country/Region of Manufacture: United States, Year Printed: 1928, Original/Facsimile: Original, Author: Amelia Earhart, Publisher: G.P.Amelia Mary Earhart was born on her grandparent's estate in Atchison, Kansas, on July 24, 1897. We specialize in rare and out-of-print books! Visit our eBay store. A wonderful keepsake of the famed aviator and feminist icon, whose 1937 disappearance remains a mystery. Very Good or better with split hinge at front, bottom and top edges rubbed, slightly bumped corners.
Includes tiny silk 48-star American flag in cellophane pouch on front paste down, which flew with Earhart in the Friendship from Boston to Wales. Above that publishers' name is handwritten by someone, possibly her husband George Putnam, who worked with her in writing the book and whose family firm published it. Copy #108 in Author's Autograph Edition of only 150 copies, signed by the famous aviator on limitation page in black ink. Half maroon cloth and marbled paper over boards, lettrered and ruled in gilt. Our Flight in the Friendship The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story by Amelia Earhart Introduction by Marion Perkins One of 150 numbered copies signed byAmelia Earhart, bound with a flag that flew with her across the Atlantic New York and London: G.P. AMELIA EARHART ~ SIGNED Limited First Edition 1928 Flag Aviation.
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