CHAPTER XIII
RETROSPECT
PREPARATIONS . . . the flight . . . England . . . our return . . . the first receptions . . . photographs, interviews . . . New York, Boston, Chicago . . . the many invitations not accepted because of lack of time . . . mayors, celebrities, governors . . . splendid flyers; Wilkins, Byrd, Chamberlin, Thea Rasche, Balchen, Ruth Nichols, Reed Landis . . . speeches, lunches, radio microphones . . . acres of clippings (unread) . . . editors, promoters . . . settlement houses, aldermen's offices . . . gracious hostesses, camera-wise politicians . . . private cars, palatial planes . . . and then my book . . . hours of writing piled up in the
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