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Southern, Neta Snook, 1896-1991 I Taught Amelia to fly

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07243.005 Author/Creator: Southern, Neta Snook, 1896-1991 Place Written: s.l. Type: Book signed Date: 1974 Pagination: 1 v. : 169 p. : ill. ; 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Order a Copy

First edition, published by Vantage Press. Signed copy.
Southern's story of her days as an aviation pioneer and teacher of Amelia Earhart.

Southern, Neta Snook, 1896-1991
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937

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