Amelia Earhart Returns from Saipan
Joyce Fike (Cover art) Canton, OH: Davidson Publishing Company, 1969. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 7.25 inches by 10.25 inches. [16], 281, [7] pages. Illustrations. Map. Ink notation in the title page. DJ quite worn with tears (some repaired with tape) and small pieces missing. Account of five determined men who found witnesses and tangible evidence on Saipan in the Mariana Islands that Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, were captured and executed by the Japanese before World War II. The author had been a writer since grade school. In addition to a long and successful career as a veterinian, he succeeded as an author and was noted ofr Horsemen's Veterinary Adviser, All Horse Races Are Fixed, and this impressive work on Amelia Earhart. "A faint SOS was the last word form Amelia Earhart's ill-fated flight around the world in 1937. Since then there has been great speculation about what happened to her. Victory over Japan in World War II by the United States and the placement of Saipan under U.S. jurisdiction renewed efforts to solve her mysterious disappearance. Thirty years later a group of determined men from several walks of life become dedicated to learning the truth about Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan, her navigator. They made two trips to Saipan, lived through two typhoons, accepted endless hardship as adventures and kept their 'never-say-die' attitude until they found witnesses and tangible evidence that Amelia and Fred were captured and executed by the Japanese prior to World War II." -- Back cover. Condition: Good / Fair.
Keywords: Amelia Earhart, Aviation, Fred Noonan, Saipan, Don Kothera, Ken Matonia, John Gacek, Jack Geschke, Marty Fiorillo, Joyce Fike
[Book #5346]
Price: $60.00