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From Typewriter to Takeoff

內容簡介

內容簡介 Before Amelia Earhart, there was Harriet Quimby-the daring journalist turned aviatrix who conquered the skies. Harriet Quimby was once one of the best-known women of the early twentieth century. An international celebrity, she achieved many firsts during her life-the first New York journalist to capture the world with a camera; an early woman driver capable of serving as mechanic for her 1905 Cadillac Runabout; one of the first silent-film actresses, who authored screenplays for director D.W. Griffith; the nation's first woman to earn a pilot's license; the first woman to fly solo over Mexico and across the English Channel; and a celebrity paid a handsome fee of $100,000 to be the featured flier in the 1912 Boston Air Show. Amelia Earhart said of her predecessor, "To cross the English Channel in 1912 required more bravery and skill than to cross the Atlantic today. . . . We must remember that, in thinking of America's first great woman flier's accomplishment." Harriet was clearly a risk-taker in all aspects of her life and career: a gutsy, passionate, woman with fire in her eyes and unwavering resolve, living in a man's world and loving every minute of it while keeping her striking femininity smartly intact. The tragedy of her all-too-brief life encompasses much of historical interest and mirrors one of the most interesting eras of American history.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Norman Tyler (1944-2026) was a licensed architect, city planner, and historian who became a professor, serving for many years as director of the Urban Planning Program at Eastern Michigan University. As a professor, he shared his expertise through teaching, conference presentations, published articles, a personal writer's blog, podcast interviews, as executive producer of a feature film, and through coverage by the Associated Press, and he was granted emeritus status. Norm wrote history as storytelling, bringing to life both people and places. His previous books are on historic architecture, urban planning, transportation pioneers, and family stories. He spent time in Europe, Africa, South and Central America, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, bringing a global focus to his writing. He lived in a historic house in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with his wife, Ilene, and wrote full-time, always enjoying the challenge of a new project.

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