Up,” F. Scott Fitzgerald declared, people “thought of their old best dreams. Maybe there was a way out by flying, maybe our restless blood could find frontiers in the illimitable air.” Born in 1897 in ...

The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon by Laurie Gwen Shapiro offers an account of the famous pilot's marriage to George Putnam ...

As the Smithsonian presents the aviator’s restored Vega in Washington, a special replica of the aircraft quietly re-emerges ...

A new biography on Amelia Earhart examines her sometimes tumultuous relationship with her husband, George Putnam. An acclaimed publisher at the time, Putnam helped Earhart write her first book ...

Sex, violent death, and mystery. If your life has one of these things, people might be interested. If it has two, now you’re tabloid fodder. If it has three, you’re Amelia Earhart.” ...

Maj. G.E. Brower, from left, commander of the first pursuit group at Selfridge Field, who led aerial escort of "Lady Lindy" Amelia Earhart, and husband, George Palmer Putnam, at the Curtiss-Wright ...

Amelia Earhart — a determined, budding flier with nothing to lose — could be a great asset, Putnam felt; he saw currency in her gung-ho spirit, endearing toothy smile and mess of blond curls.