Last Flight (book)

Last Flight (book)

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name = Last Flight
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image_caption = 1988 Orion Books edition
author = Amelia Earhart
edited by George Palmer Putnam
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country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Travelogue, memoir
publisher = Harcourt, Brace and Company
release_date = 1937
media_type = Print (Paperback and hardcover)
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"Last Flight" is the title of a book published in 1937 consisting of diary entries and other notes compiled by aviatrix Amelia Earhart during her ill-fated attempt that year at flying around the world. Her husband, publisher George Palmer Putnam, edited the collection which was published posthumously as a tribute to his wife.

Consisting of hand-written diary entries, Earhart's writings cover the period from March 1937 up until her final entry on July 1, the day before her plane was reported missing en route to Howland Island in the South Pacific. The work is augmented by additional material written by Putnam, as well as a poem, "Courage", which Earhart had herself written.

Although credited to Earhart, historians have cast doubt as to how much of this book was actually written by Earhart and how much had been rewritten or embellished by Putnam.Fact|date=February 2007


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