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 ...

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 ...

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 flew a Lockheed Electra plane opposite navigator Fred Noonan on their journey around the world. The two made it all but 7,000 miles along the 29,000-mile trek.

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.

Earhart had ties to Los Angeles County and the San Fernando Valley. She and husband George Putnam moved to Toluca Lake in the 1930s. She attended USC. She shopped in North Hollywood.

In a fast-moving 36 minutes and 22 tracks, “Amelia” traces the doomed final flight of Amelia Earhart, who set out “to become the first woman to circumnavigate the Earth,” as Anderson narrates.