East to the Dawn

by Susan Butler

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  Acknowledgments

  This book mostly relies on primary materials: interviews, diaries, letters, newspapers, and manuscript collections, as well as the books written by Amelia Earhart and her husband George Palmer Putnam.

  For access to this material the help of Amelia’s relatives was crucial. Pointing the way, especially in the beginning, was Amelia’s sister, Muriel Earhart Morrissey. Her daughter, Amy Kleppner, as well as Amy’s husband Adam, were also invaluable. Kathryn Challis Pollock, who grew up with Amelia, gave me a particularly insightful interview. I wish as well to thank Patricia Antich, Kathryn’s daughter, who found and gave to me after her mother’s death her mother’s childhood diaries and the diaries of Kathryn’s sister, Lucy Van Hoesen Challiss, who lived with Amelia and George in Rye. I also want particularly to thank Nancy Balis Morse, who gave me many insights into her relatives and shared with me the personal letters of the Otis family; and Robert Tonsing, who sent me Family Tree, the anecdotal history of Amelia’s mother’s family, and John David Martin, who gave me permission to quote from his mother’s work. Other relatives of Amelia who generously gave of their time were Beatrice Challiss Laws, James Otis, and Ruth M. Martin.