Laurie Gwen Shapiro IN PERSON
Stanza continues bringing the Hudson Valley insightful conversations. Earlier this year, we hosted Eve Dunbar of Vassar and Adam McKible of John Jay to discuss The Roaring Twenties and the Harlem Renaissance. We then hosted Richard Kreitner to discuss his new book Fear No Pharaoh, with Rabbi Brent Spodek.
Join us for a special night at the Howland Cultural Center, with Laurie Gwen Shapiro and Adam McKible, to discuss Laurie’s new book, The Aviator and the Showman.
The riveting and cinematic story of a partnership that would change the world forever
In 1928, a young social worker and hobby pilot named Amelia Earhart arrived in the office of George Putnam, heir to the Putnam & Sons throne and hitmaker, on the hunt for the right woman for a secret flying mission across the Atlantic. A partnership—professional and soon otherwise—was born.
