The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon Adam Aleksic One that will sleep and

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The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon Adam Aleksic One that will sleep andThe riveting and cinematic story of a partnership that would change the world forever. In 1928, a young social worker and hobby pilot named Amelia Earhart arrived in the office of George Putnam, heir to the Putnam & Sons throne and hitmaker, on the hunt for the right woman for a secret flying mission across the Atlantic. A partnershipprofessional and soon otherwisewas born. The Aviator and the Showman unveils the untold story of Amelia's decade long