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- Special Attributes
- Illustrated
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Hong Kong
- ISBN
- 9780151009732
- Book Title
- Lindbergh : Flight's Enigmatic Hero
- Item Length
- 10in
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- General
- Item Width
- 9.6in
- Item Weight
- 44.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 232 Pages
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Charles Lindbergh captured the world's imagination with his solo flight from New York to Paris in 1927. A charming, handsome man, he gained instant international fame, but celebrity brought with it a tremendous burden. After his marriage, the press hounded the newlyweds. When his baby was kidnapped and later found dead, the press became insatiable. The Lindberghs retreated but could not escape the arising murmurings of Nazi sympathies, which would dog Lindberg until his death. This comprehensive book features over 250 never-before-published black-and-white and colour artifacts and illustrations as well as a gatefold illustration that reconstructs the Spirit of St. Louis and a map-timeline of Lindbergh's famous flight.
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0151009732
ISBN-13
9780151009732
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2297040
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lindbergh : Flight's Enigmatic Hero
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
9.6in
Item Weight
44.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Tl540.L5h37 2002
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Lindbergh became one of the first media age celebrities after his 1927 transatlantic flight. This surprisingly thorough account of his life, packed into a concise illustrated volume, emphasizes the harrowing media scrutiny of the aviator. Hardesty, a curator at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, quotes Lindbergh's own writings and those of his associates to piece together a straightforward, lively biography: Michigan childhood and barnstorming days in the 1920s, the history-making transatlantic flight, his collaboration with scientist Alexis Carrel to build a prototype for an artificial heart and his widely criticized work in Nazi Germany and agitation for American nonintervention in WWII. Hardesty describes Lindbergh as "a keeper of checklists," an intellectually curious, widely read man whose strong "impulse for control" made the loss of his privacy especially difficult-though he made use of his celebrity to publicly advocate for science funding, environmental conservation and other causes. Photographs, timelines and documents like Lindbergh's flight journal and passport illuminate key subjects: the design of the Spirit of St. Louis; the history of the prominent Morrow family, which Lindbergh married into; Lindbergh's friendship with the Russian aviator and aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky; and, of course, the kidnapping of Lindbergh's son. Published in time for the 75th anniversary of the historic flight, this album is a fine introduction to the aviator's mixed legacy., "Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it, but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance." -Charles A. Lindbergh, Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it, but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance., While Dominick A. Pisano and F. Robert Van Der Linden's recently published Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis focused largely on the landmark 1927 flight, the fabled monoplane, and the subsequent media circus surrounding the event, this new book takes a broader look at Lindbergh's life overall. Choosing a balanced approach, Hardesty (who like Pisano and Van Der Linden is a curator at the Smithsonian) examines both the hero flyer's failures and his successes. Grandson Erik Lindbergh provides an introduction, and the book is lavishly illustrated with over 400 photographs and illustrations (including time lines and flight maps). For those who want to come to a deeper understanding of this most enigmatic man, A. Scott Berg's 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Lindbergh, is still the book to read. For many, however, this current title will suffice and makes an excellent introduction to Lindbergh in the centennial year of his birth. Recommended for public libraries generally and academic libraries where appropriate. Charlie Cowling, SUNY at Brockport Lib.
Table of Content
Chapter One: A Boy of Promise Chapter Two: Restless Chapter Three: Soaring Spirit Chapter Four: Romance Blooms Chapter Five: Tragedy Strikes Chapter Six: Object of Controversy Chapter Seven: Redeeming Efforts
Copyright Date
2002
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2002-027305
Dewey Decimal
629.13/092 B
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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