The Aviator and the Showman,' Laurie Gwen Shapiro's vibrant account of Amelia Earhart's union with a publicity-seeking ...

Born in 1897 in Atchison, Kan. — a small town with limited opportunities, especially for women — Amelia Earhart decided ...

She was a superstar, the most famous woman in the world. She was a pilot, “it” girl, author, adventurer, fashion designer, ...

The Aviator and the Showman” by Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an exciting new book about Amelia Earhart that has already created ...

In "The Aviator and the Showman" (to be published July 15 by Viking), documentary filmmaker and journalist Laurie Gwen Shapiro draws on newly-uncovered sources to explore the famed pilot's life ...

In “The Aviator and the Showman,” Laurie Gwen Shapiro recounts Earhart’s drive and the ways her husband, George Putnam, put her at risk ...

International News Photos, wikimedia commons Documentarian and journalist Laurie Gwen Shapiro’s forthcoming book is about an ...

Eighty-eight years have passed since Amelia Earhart vanished into legend, her silver Lockheed Electra disappearing somewhere ...

George Palmer Putnam, co-founder of the Jazz Age nightclub, introduced the world to Rudy Vallée and fell hard for Amelia ...

The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage That Made an American Icon Laurie Gwen Shapiro. Viking, $35 (512p) ISBN 978-0-593-29590-8.

Also an exciting new book, “The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon” by Laurie Gwen Shapiro.

In "The Aviator and the Showman" (to be published July 15 by Viking), documentary filmmaker and journalist Laurie Gwen Shapiro draws on newly-uncovered sources to explore the famed pilot's life ...