St. Lucie News Tribune from Fort Pierce, Florida • 48

For nJSffi! FM iday November 30 1 984 Treasure Coast SHOWCASE From page 2 Amelia Kent's 'Wilderness' were issued under the Putnam imprint "THEN CAME A long list of best -sellers based on adventure and exploration Sir Hubert Wilkins Roy Chapman Andrews Charles A Lindberg Richard Byrd Martin Johnson William Beebe William A Robinson Merion Cooper Robert Cushman Murphy all were Putnam authors "GP as he wanted to be called was never content with a single role in any venture Along with publishing adventure books he wrote them in fact lived them In 1925 he explored Greenland for the American Museum of Natural History then helped his elder son David Binney write 'David Goes To Greenland' which was a phenomenally successful boys' book "During his lifetime George wrote 10 books of his own including a biography of Amelia each concerned adventurous people and places "GEORGE WENT ABOUT winning Amelia has he had gone about dominating his telligent and generous-spirited woman whom Amelia ironically in view of future developments liked so well that she dedicated her book to her" The dedication reads: "To Dorothy Binney Putnam under whose rooftree this book was written" A photograph in the Putnam-Trefelner collection taken in July 1928 of Amelia Dorothy and Dorothy's eldest son David depicts three people enjoying an afternoon at the beach OF THE BOOK dedication another Amelia Earhart biographer Fred Goerner in 1966 concluded: "The degree of Amelia's innocence is reflected by the fact she dedicated the book published in 1929 to Mrs Putnam in thanks for her hospitality Still another biographer Dick Strippel in 1972 wrote: "On February 7 1931 after three years of first secret then more overt dating Amelia Earhart and George Putnam Jr were married in a simple ceremony at his mother's Noank Connecticut home His wife socialite Dorothy Binney had received a final divorce decree only the month before" THE VARIOUS biographers sometims grudgingly perhaps also support Mrs Putnam-Trefelner's claim that without GP Putnam's support encouragement and promotion there would be no Amelia Earhart legend And although that legend started with Ms Earhart's title as "first woman to fly the Atlantic" Amelia Earhart herself set the record straight in her first book She flew that crossing as a passenger with a man at the helm Only later determined to deserve the adulation with her career managed by Putnam did she set records as a pilot Attempting to explain Amelia Earhart's attraction to Putnam biographer Goerner wrote: "The answer in part derived from Putnam's supreme self-confidence He had no fear of life George believed he could do or have anything if he desired it enough "He had inherited the Putnam publishing firm from his father and many predicted he would destroy it His intense need to succeed however caused the company to prosper The novels of Ben Hecht Alexander Woollcott's first books and Rockwell Photo courtesy of Cynthia Putium-TreMner GP Putname and his wife Amelia Earhart in 1937 a year before she disappeared during a flight around the equator Turn to Amelia on page 6 TDEASUDEOCM SfMROY FT PIERCE'S ONLY FULL SERVICE DOCKSIDE RESTAURANTS The HARBOUR HOUSE RESTAURANT 201 FISHERMAN'S WHARF FT PIERCE FL 33450-PHONE 465-1334 -FEATURING- FRESH SEAFOOD DOCKSIDE DINING CHOICE MEATS -EARLY BIRD SPECIALS -DINING HOURS-LUNCH DINNER Monday through Saturday Monday through Saturday 11 :30 AM PM 4:00 PM PM A Gift to The Treasure Coast Sunday 4:00 PM 9:00 PM AAA RECOMMENDED free premier performance Friday Nov 30 8 pm Fort Pierce Jai Alai Fronton DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE EVERYDAY in our CHART ROOM LOUNGE HAPPY HOUR -2 FOR 1 COCKTAli Complimentary tickets may be picked up at all Sun Banks all Harbor ederals Riverside National Bank Tape Decks in Vero Beach Stuart and Fort Pierce and at the Jai Alai Fronton 4-7 PM FREE HORS-D-OEUVRES FRIDAYS!.