US EditionReview: New Book Asks if Amelia Earhart’s Husband Pushed Her to Make Her Ill-Fated Final Voyage
UNITED STATES, JUL 11 – Laurie Gwen Shapiro's book examines how George Putnam's management and promotion of Amelia Earhart's career may have pressured her, contributing to her 1937 disappearance, experts say.
- In 1937, while trying to fly around the world, Amelia Earhart vanished near Howland Island, and neither her aircraft nor remains have ever been recovered.
- Their marriage in 1931 combined Earhart's ambition with George Putnam’s intensive management, which, according to Laurie Gwen Shapiro’s book, may have pressured her toward her final flight.
- Shapiro relies largely on interviews with friends and family conducted decades later, though these claims remain difficult to verify and the book’s style received mixed reviews.
- An aviator characterized Putnam as consistently scheming with commercial motives, while Earhart reportedly believed he would take whatever measures he deemed necessary to safeguard her interests, illustrating a relationship marked by complexity and tension.
- Earhart’s disappearance continues to fuel speculation, and the dynamic of their shared ambition alongside Putnam’s commercial motives suggests their relationship influenced her last flight’s tragic outcome.
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Review: New book asks if Amelia Earhart’s husband pushed her to make her ill-fated final voyage
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