The aviator’s publicity-mad husband, George Palmer Putnam, kept pushing her to risk her life for the sake of fame.

She was a trailblazing figure during her time and one of history's greatest mysteries after her disappearance.

The tragic death of Amelia Earhart owed as much to her husband’s Svengali-like machinations as to her limited piloting skills, according to this canny dual biography. Journalist Shapiro (The ...