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(1887-1950) Author and explorer. George Palmer Putnam was born in Rye, New York, grandson of G. P. Putnam, founder of the publishing firm. He lived in Manhattan, New York, in a hotel at times. He wrote 13 books, including a biography of his wife, Amelia Earhart, called “Soaring Wings,” and published most of America’s most famous authors of the day and the greatest world adventurers, such as Roy Chapman Andrews and William Beebe. He headed three expeditions; one to Greenland, one to Baffin Island, and one to the Galapagos Islands.
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George Palmer Putnam
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New York
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