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100 1 _aMackersey, Ian,
_d1925-2015
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _aJean Batten :
_bthe Garbo of the skies /
_cIan MacKersey.
246 3 _aGarbo of the skies.
264 1 _aAuckland [N.Z.] :
_bDavid Bateman,
_c2013.
264 4 _c©1990
300 _axi, 465 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates :
_billustrations, maps, portraits ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aReprint of the original book, published by McDonald Publishers in 1990.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 449-450) and index.
505 0 0 _g1.
_tThe dentist's daughter (1909-1913) --
_g2.
_tParting of the ways (1913-1930) --
_g3.
_tWings over London (1930) --
_g4.
_tA woman of destiny (1931-1933) --
_g5.
_tOrdeal by sandstorm (1933) --
_g6.
_tInterlude in Baluchistan (1933) --
_g7.
_tDown and out in Stag Lane (1934) --
_g8.
_tDicing with death (1934) --
_g9.
_t'Jeanius' --
_g10.
_tThe Empire salutes a heroine (1934) --
_g11.
_tShaping the images of fame (1934) --
_g12.
_tLove at first sight (1934-1935) --
_g13.
_tThe black hole (1935) --
_g14.
_tMother says no (1935-1936) --
_g15.
_tThe cup of happiness is full (1936) --
_g16.
_tBreakdown (1936) --
_g17.
_t'A dagger in my heart' (1937) --
_g18.
_tThe end of an era (1937-1939) --
_g19.
_tWar without wings (1939-1946) --
_g20.
_tIslands in the sun (1946-1966) --
_g21.
_tGrief (1966-1969) --
_g22.
_tThe comeback (1969-1977) --
_g23.
_tThe rift that refused to heal (1978-1980) --
_g24.
_tSwansong (1980-1982) --
_g25.
_tThe aviator vanishes (1982-1986) --
_g26.
_tMystery in Mallorca (1986-1987) --
_g27.
_tThe Spanish document (1987) --
_g28.
_tFinal loneliness (1987) --
_tRoute map --
_gAppendix 1.
_tJean Batten's principal flights --
_gAppendix 2.
_tJean Batten's honours.
520 _a"Jean Batten was one of the great aviation megastars of the 1930s. Her spectacular flights ranked with those of Britain's Amy Johnson and America's Amelia Earhart. Yet, despite her brilliance as a pilot, she remained the least well-known of them all. For the dentist's daughter from New Zealand built an impregnable wall around her private life - which was dominated, though few knew it, by the formidable influence of her mother. This reprint of the original book, published by Macdonald Publishers in 1990, draws on secret memoirs found after Jean Batten's death and on hundreds of interviews with people who knew her. This biography of Jean's sad and elusive life explodes the enduring myths of happiness and perfection she created for herself. It also solves the mystery of her bizarre and lonely end. The real Jean Batten emerges as a fascinating woman, who combined bravery with ruthlessness with the stun"--Publisher's website.
600 1 0 _aBatten, Jean,
_d1909-1982.
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