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George Palmer Putnam (September 7, 1887 – January 4, 1950) was an American publisher, writer and explorer. Known for his marriage to (and being the widower of) Amelia Earhart, he had also achieved fame as one of the most successful promoters in the United States during the 1930s.
At dinner, the Belcher family watches as Louise thoroughly reads her book on Earhart. After a few comments, Linda mentions that Mother's Day is coming up, but that she doesn't want anything fancy. In bed, Louise learns of the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. In school the next day, Louise asks Ms. LaBonz if she could switch her hero, but is ...
Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas, as the daughter of Samuel "Edwin" Stanton Earhart (1867–1930) and Amelia "Amy" (née Otis; 1869–1962). [10] Amelia was born in the home of her maternal grandfather Alfred Gideon Otis (1827–1912), who was a former judge in Kansas, the president of Atchison Savings Bank ...
Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. Speculation on the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan has continued since their disappearance in 1937. After the largest search and rescue attempt in history up to that time, the U.S. Navy concluded that Earhart and Noonan ditched at sea after their plane ran out of fuel; this "crash and sink theory" is the most widely accepted explanation.
Brock Bowers' prolific debut campaign is now one for the NFL record book. With his 87th catch of the year – and third of Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers – the Las Vegas Raiders ...
Whoopi Goldberg celebrated her 69th birthday on the Nov. 13 episode of “The View,” but the party ended with a rather shocking revelation that a bakery refused to sell the EGOT winner desserts ...
Kate Middleton's annual Christmas Carol on Friday, December 6 included numerous members of the extended royal family in attendance.. Sophie Winkleman, who is married to Lord Frederick Windsor, the ...
Rosalind Russell had played "an Earhart-esque flier in 1943's Flight for Freedom" and Susan Clark starred in the 1976 film, Amelia Earhart. [6] [7] Following closely the contemporary Earhart biographies that had appeared, Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight dramatized Earhart's final flight to the extent that more myth than fact comes through.