In 1931 she married publisher George Putnam, who managed and promoted her career zealously, ensuring her status as the world's best known aviatrix. The next year Amelia Earhart soloed the Atlantic, and received the Distinguished Flying Cross, and she began to champion the efforts of women.
Tragically, just days before her 40th birthday, she and her navigator, Fred Noonan, vanished en route to tiny Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean as they neared the end of their 'round-the-world flight.
President Franklin Roosevelt authorized the greatest land and ocean search ever undertaken up to that time. No trace of the missing fliers or their aircraft was even found.
This book is published as part of the American Hero Series.
