A new biography on Amelia Earhart examines her sometimes tumultuous relationship with her husband, George Putnam. An ...

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,' Laurie Gwen Shapiro's vibrant account of Amelia Earhart's union with a publicity-seeking publisher, unpacks the mystery surrounding her final flight.

Up,” F. Scott Fitzgerald declared, people “thought of their old best dreams. Maybe there was a way out by flying, maybe our ...

In “The Aviator and the Showman,” Laurie Gwen Shapiro tells the story of the doomed pilot’s marriage to “the publishing world’s P.T. Barnum.” ...

On the 88th anniversary of Amelia Earhart's disappearance, Purdue University announced a joint expedition to locate the pioneer's long lost plane.

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.” ...

Where’s Amelia? We’re still looking, though recent events seem to offer the possibility, the possibility I emphasize, that we may find out what happened to aviatrix Amelia Earhart, who, along with ...

An excerpt of “The Aviator and the Showman,” a new book by Laurie Gwen Shapiro about the marriage between Amelia Earhart and George Palmer Putnam and her attempt to fly around the world with ...

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 ...

Using newly-uncovered sources, the documentary filmmaker and journalist explores Amelia Earhart's life and marriage to wealthy publisher George Putnam – a relationship that lifted love ...

A team of ocean explorers discovered what they hoped was Amelia Earhart's missing plane. It turned out to be a rock formation.