People Declared Dead in Absentia - Amelia Earhart, Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, Richey Edwards, Jimmy Hoffa (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Amelia Earhart, Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, Richey Edwards, Jimmy Hoffa, Princess Anne of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, Joseph Force Crater, Helen Brach, Michael Rockefeller, Death in absentia, Sean Flynn, Disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh, Millard Harmon, Agustin Feced, Jodi Huisentruit, Disappearance of Kristin Smart, Etan Patz, Shanmugalingam Sivashankar, John Brisker, Richard Kunze, Leslie Hamilton, Bruno Manser, Andrew Carnegie Whitfield, Frederick F. Minchin, Hubert Polz, John Bennett, Shakhid Baysayev, Frederic Nerac, John Vaudain Creely, Cam Lyman. Excerpt: Amelia Mary Earhart ( -hart; born July 24, 1897; missing July 2, 1937, declared legally dead January 5, 1939) was a noted American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first woman to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. Earhart joined the faculty of the world-famous Purdue University aviation department in 1935 as a visiting faculty member to counsel women on careers and help inspire others with her love for aviation. She was also a member of the National Woman's Party, and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment. During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day. Amelia Mary Earhart, daughter of Samuel "Edwin" Stanton Earhart (March 28, 1867) and Amelia "Amy" Otis Earhart (1869-1962), was born in Atchison, Kansas, in the home of her maternal grandfather, Alfr...