Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs

A note for readers -- A word on name usage -- Needle in a haystack -- The kingmaker -- Saturday's child -- The golden twenties -- Amelia takes off -- The right sort of girl -- Lady Linday -- The mitten -- Under whose rooftree -- Something had to give -- Pilots and plunges -- The truth to the rumor -- An attractive cage -- A kind of dithers -- Call of the wild -- Morning becomes electra -- Dead reckoning -- Whistle in the dark -- Slow circling down -- Who came to dinner -- Veiled ventures -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Image credits

"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 on the hunt for the right woman for a secret flying mission across the Atlantic. In this cinematic account, Laurie Gwen Shapiro emphasizes Earhart's multifaceted human side, her struggles, and her authentic aspirations. The Aviator and the Showman is a tale of adventure and hubris and a complex portrait of a marriage that shaped the trajectory of her life"--