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🛩️Ah, the tale of Amelia, the reckless sky queen, who let hubby George play 'Risk It All' with her life for the sake of a few headlines. ✈️ Who knew aviation history hinged on a marriage contract drafted by Evel Knievel? 🤦‍♂️
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Amelia Earhart’s Reckless Final Flights

An excerpt of “The Aviator and the Showman,” a new book by Laurie Gwen Shapiro about the marriage between Amelia Earhart and George Palmer Putnam and her attempt to fly around the world with Fred Noonan.

The New Yorker