East to the dawn / Butler, Susan

Biography of disappeared flier, Amelia Earhart, discussing her childhood, personal success, marriage to publishing giant George Palmer Putnam, flying, and disappearance in 1937 over the Pacific.

Tells the life story of aviator Amelia Earhart, covering such aspects as her childhood with her grandmother in Kansas, her marriage to George Putnam and her affair with Gene Vidal, and her time as a nurse and social worker, and includes excerpts from letters written by her navigator, Fred Noonan, during their last flight.