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Amelia Earhart's account of her ill-fated last flight around the world, begun in 1937, remains one of the most moving and absorbing adventure stories of all time. Last Flight compiles the letters, diary entries and charts that she sent to her husband, G.P. Putnam at each stage of her trip. In her own words, these dispatches offer a window into her experience on this ground-breaking journey and illustrate her cheerful, charming nature. Her story continues to intrigue and inspire people to this day.

"Please know that I am quite aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others." These courageous words, written by Amelia Earhart in a letter to her husband, comclude her own dramatic and personal story of the historic flight in 1937 that ended with her tragic disappearance somewhere in the Pacific. As though by presentiment, as she completed each stage of the flight she sent back not only dispatches and personal letters, but her diaries, charts, and the running log that she lept in the4 cockpit. This material, later arranged by her husband, George Palmer Putnam, forms a continuous narrative of the flight, from the unpublicized take-off at Oakland, California, to the final preparations at Lae, New Guinea. Earlier, autobiographical chapters recount how Amelia Earhart came to be a pilot and describe her other history-making flights. Together, these writings reveal the essence of the sunny, candid, adventurous young woman whose name still holds a magic appeal.