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About this Episode
The man who made Amelia Earhart famous may also have gotten her killed. But their marriage was completely on her terms.
Starring John C. McGinley as George Palmer Putnam and Christa Miller as Amelia Earhart.
Also featuring Conan O’Brien, Neve O’Brien, Tavis Doucette, Maddie Ogden, and Miles Grose.
Source List
Amelia Earhart, A Biography by Doris L. Rich, ©1989, 2010 by the Smithsonian Institution
The Sound of Wings by Mary S. Lovell, St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY, 10010 ©1989
Letters From Amelia by Jean L. Backus, Beacon Press, ©1982
Soaring Wings by George Palmer Putnam, Manor Books Inc., ©1939, ©1967 by Margaret H. Lewis, Published by arrangement with Harocourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Inc.
Wide Margins, a publisher’s autobiography by George Palmer Putnam, ©1942, Harcourt, Brace and Company, NY
EAST TO THE DAWN,The Life of Amelia Earhart by Susan Butler, Da Capo Press, ©1997
Whistled Like A Bird by Sally Putnam Chapman, Warner Books, Inc., Hachette Book Group
Project Muse, “The Earhart Phenomenon and the “Accident of Sex”
PBS, “American Experience: Amelia Earhart”
“Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight” by Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, Sept. 7, 2009
National Air and Space Museum, Earhart and George Palmer Putnam
New England Historical Society, Amelia Earhart, Reluctant Bride
Purdue University, Putnam, George Palmer, 1887-1950
CT Insider, Amelia Earhart’s ‘Secret’ Connecticut Wedding: From the Archives
UPI, Husband of Missing Flier Earhart Secluded After Long Vigil
The New York Times, 1932: I’m Not ‘Mrs. Putnam,’ I’m Amelia Earhart
PBS American Experience, Amelia Earhart Program Transcript
Palmer, Amy Phipps Guest Portrait
History.com, Charles Lindbergh Completes the First Solo, Nonstop Transatlantic Flight
Charles Lindbergh House and Museum, New York-to-Paris Flight
Britannica, Charles Lindbergh, American Aviator
NASA.gov, Realizing the Dream of Flight
Medium, Ghostwriters in 2020: The Current Trends and Beyond
The New York Times Archive, Tuesday, June 19th, 1928. Wednesday, June 20th, 1928.
Flight Paths: Purdue University’s Aerospace Pioneers, The Earhart Brand: Amelia Earhart’s Impact on Celebrity Culture
PBS, Navigating the Truth Behind Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan
Ghost Writing and History by Ernest R. May, ©1953, The American Scholar, Published By: The Phi Beta Kappa Society
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Hosts & Guests
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