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The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon Alternative Medicine revealing how the materials and"Laurie Gwen Shapiro has dug deep into the archives, and emerged with an exhilarating tale of the adventurous life of Amelia Earhart and the remarkable relationship that helped to forge her legend. Yet Shapiro goes even further stripping away the myths and revealing something far more profound and intricate and true. The Aviator and the Showman is one terrific book." David Grann, New York Times bestselling author of The Wager and Killers of the Flower