20 Hrs. 40 Min., Amelia Earhart
20 Hrs. 40 Min., Amelia Earhart
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20 Hrs. 40 Min.
Our Flight in the Friendship: The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story

Author: Amelia Earhart, Karen Commins

Narrator: Pamela Almand

Unabridged: 4 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Amelia Earhart captured the hearts and imaginations of people around the world when she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane. This audiobook, her personal account of the historic flight, sparkles with her high-spirited charm and adventurous determination.Narrated by a fellow female pilot with a voice reminiscent of Earhart’s mid-West twang, this audiobook includes logbook entries from the historic flight, as well as an autobiographical account of her young adult life and fascination with airplanes and a serious-minded discussion of the future of flight and the important role of women in aviation. 20 Hrs. 40 Min. remains a classic tale of adventure to this day.Includes a bonus PDF with illustrations and photos, including photos of actual logbook pages from Amelia’s flight

About Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart (1897–1937) was an American aviator, author, and a champion of the advancement of women in aviation. She was the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean and the first woman to fly nonstop, coast-to-coast across the US. She attempted a flight around the world in 1937 but disappeared near Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean.

About Pamela Almand

Pamela Almand is a former international 747 captain and SAG/AFTRA voice actor and audiobook narrator with awards and nominations including AudioFile magazine’s Earphones Award, multiple Voice Arts Awards, an Audie Award nomination, and was one of AudioBook Reviewers’ Top Narrators of 2021. She lives in Atlantic Beach,  Florida with her husband Amos and studio cat Lucy.


Reviews

Warning--this is Not about her Solo" flight over the Atlantic. For most of the book, I thought that I had been duped by history all these years. She made a flight across the Atlantic with two men, but did not pilot at all. This was in 1928. Because she was a woman in that era, it still drew tremendo......more

Goodreads review by Brian

The book was interesting, since it was written by Amelia Earhart, and I had never read anything that she had written. The autobiographical information was interesting, since it has served as the basis for many of the biographies that have been written about her. But at times it's a bit too preachy a......more

Goodreads review by Victor

20 Hrs. 40 Min. is a classic tale of adventure from which the entire world should understand once and for all that flying transcends gender or other such misconceptions. Amelia Earhart became the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane and this is her personal account of that historic flight. Am......more


Awards

  • Voice Arts Award