Career

In 1970, a book that was soon widely discredited set forth an allegation that she was Amelia Earhart. Bolam denied the claim and took legal action against the publisher, resulting in the book being withdrawn. In 1967, Major Joseph Gervais had a chance encounter with Bolam, believing she was Earhart.

Using Gervais" research, author Joe Klaas documented this assertion in his book Amelia Earhart Lives (1970).

Bolam denied being Earhart, filed a $1.5 million lawsuit and submitted a lengthy affidavit refuting the claim. The book"s publisher McGraw-Hill pulled Klaas" book from the market shortly after it was released and court records indicate they made an out of court settlement with her.

Bolam"s personal life history has since been thoroughly documented, eliminating any possibility she was Earhart. Her personal life was also a matter of public record.

She remarried to Guy Bolam in 1959.

Although Irene Craigmile Bolam was a pilot, her main career revolved around banking and finance in New New York On Bolam"s death, Gervais sought permission to photograph and fingerprint the body, but permission was denied. In 2006, criminal forensic expert Kevin Richlin was hired by National Geographic to study photographs of Earhart and Bolam and cited many measurable facial differences between them, concluding that the two people were not the same.

In January 2016, Amelia Earhart: Beyond the Grave by West. C. Jameson was published.

The author promotes the theory that Bolam and Earhart were one and the same, despite the above-mentioned facts and circumstances.