Transcriber’s Notes Table of Contents added by Transcriber and placed into the Public Domain. Misspelled words have been corrected. These are identified by ♦ symbols in the text and are shown immediately below the paragraph in which they appear. Details and other notes may be found at the end of this eBook. [Illustration: description: Photo full shot of Gordon, Earhart, and Stultz on a ship caption: ON THE “PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT” © _London News Agency_ ] 20 HRS. 40 MIN. OUR FLIGHT IN THE FRIENDSHIP THE AMERICAN GIRL, FIRST ACROSS THE ATLANTIC BY AIR, TELLS HER STORY BY AMELIA EARHART WITH 61 ILLUSTRATIONS G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORK—LONDON The Knickerbocker Press 1928 20 HRS. 40 MIN. Copyright, 1928 by G. P. Putnam’s Sons This is a copy of the first edition [Illustration: description: Publisher’s name written in cursive image text: G. P. Putnam’s Sons ] [Illustration: description: Publisher’s logo of a sailing ship over a sign image text: The Knickerbocker Press New York ] Made in the United States of America To DOROTHY BINNEY PUTNAM UNDER WHOSE ROOFTREE THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN FOREWORD In re-reading the manuscript of this book I find I didn’t allow myself to be born. May I apologize for this unconventional oversight as well as for other more serious ones—and some not so serious? I myself am disappointed not to have been able to write a “work”—(you know, Dickens’ Works, Thackeray’s Works), but my dignity wouldn’t stand the strain. I can only hope, therefore, that some of the fun of flying the Atlantic has sifted into my pages and that some of the charm and romance of old ships may be seen to cling similarly to the ships of the air. A. E. INTRODUCTION By Marion Perkins _Miss Perkins is Head Worker at Denison House, Boston’s second oldest settlement, with which Amelia Earhart has been identified for two years._