The Fun of It
{{short description|1932 book by Amelia Earhart}}
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| caption = 1977 Academy Press edition
| author = Amelia Earhart
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| publisher = Harcourt, Brace and Company
| release_date = 1932
| media_type = Print (Papers of My Own Flying and of Women in Aviation), 1932. Amelia Earhart
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The Fun of It is Amelia Earhart's second book after her travelogue 20 Hrs. 40 Min.{{Cite web |title=Book, Amelia Earhart, "The Fun of It" {{!}} National Air and Space Museum |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/book-amelia-earhart-fun-it/nasm_I20101339001 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=airandspace.si.edu |language=en}}
Summary
In it Earhart recollects how she became interested in being an aviator, and also becoming aviation editor for Cosmopolitan Magazine.{{Cite book |last=Earhart |first=Amelia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OVeXAwAAQBAJ |title=The Fun of It |date=2006-04-01 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |isbn=978-0-89733-658-1 |language=en}} In the book she also recounts her 1928 trans-Atlantic flight.{{Cite web |last=Padilla |first=Steve |date=2018-03-09 |title=Amelia Earhart found! Great for science, but sad news for mystery buffs |url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-amelia-earhart-found-20180309-story.html |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
She also profiles the careers of other pioneering female flyers of her time. Earhart also encourages young women to follow their own careers and dreams. The title comes from her quote "Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price."
Earhart's next book, Last Flight, would be published posthumously.
Development
Earhart went over the proofs for the book in the days before her solo transatlantic flight in May 1932.{{Cite web |last=Karbo |first=Karen |date=2019-01-25 |title=Excerpt: How Amelia Earhart navigated the skies and society |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/Amelia-Earhart-praise-difficult-women-book-excerpt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418174207/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/Amelia-Earhart-praise-difficult-women-book-excerpt |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=National Geographic |language=en}}
Lecture Tour
In 1933 Earhart went on a lecture tour to promote the book. One of her stops was in Seattle, Washington.{{Cite web |last=Becker |first=Paula |date=27 January 2012 |title=Amelia Earhart speaks at Seattle's Civic Auditorium under sponsorship of the Woman's Century Club on February 3, 1933 |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/10018 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=HistoryLink}}
References
External links
- {{wikisource-inline|The Fun of It|The Fun of It|single=true}}
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Category:1932 non-fiction books
Category:American autobiographies
Category:Books by Amelia Earhart
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