Anne and Saint-Exupéry carried on their spirited conversation, barely interrupting its flow when he returned, for Lindbergh hardly spoke a word of French. They sat up until midnight, with Anne summing up her two-thousand-word entry ...
One small step for a mouse; one giant leap for aviation. These are dark times . . . for a small mouse. A new invention—the mechanical mousetrap—has caused all the mice but one to flee to America, the land of the free.
New York Times–bestselling author Noel Behn spent eight years investigating the case, revisiting old evidence, discovering new information, and shining a bright light on the controversial actions of public figures such as New Jersey ...
In conjunction with the 75th anniversary of Lindbergh's historic transatlantic flight, the curator at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, takes a look at Lindbergh's life and offers new insights into the man and the myths that ...
Fascinating account of Lindbergh's childhood, days as a barnstormer, historic 1927 transoceanic solo flight and its aftermath, the Hauptmann trial, and much more. Source Notes. Index. 40 halftone illustrations.
Describes the early life of Charles Lindberg, leading up to his history-making transatlantic flight in 1927.
This pictorial biography of the legendary aviator relives the joy and pain of Charles A. Lindbergh's remarkable, colorful, and controversial life. 150 photos, many in color.
Charles A. Lindbergh astounded the world on May 21, 1927, with his successful solo flight from New York to Paris in The Spirit of St. Louis. Upon his return to...
Few American icons provoke more enduring fascination than Charles Lindbergh—renowned for his one-man transatlantic flight in 1927, remembered for the sorrow surrounding the kidnapping and death of his firstborn son in 1932, and reviled by ...