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The Short and Tragic Life of America’s First Aviatrix

Gone Girl

Before there was Amelia Earhart, there was Mildred Doran: young, sexy, and airplane crazy—but no pilot. That was enough to put her in the crew for a daredevil and disastrous race.

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