Limit this search to....

Charles Lindbergh: A Short Biography: Famed Aviator and Environmentalist
Contributor(s): West, Doug (Author)
ISBN: 1981403965     ISBN-13: 9781981403967
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE:   $10.40  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2017
Qty:
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers
Physical Information: 0.16" H x 6" W x 9" (0.26 lbs) 78 pages
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

The twenty-five-year old Charles A. Lindbergh climbed into his single-engine monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis, and took off for Paris determined to win the $25,000 Orteig Prize promised to the first pilot to fly nonstop between New York and Paris.

  • For the next thirty-three hours, he navigated through storms across the perilous Atlantic Ocean, news of his attempt had circled the globe, making him an international celebrity by the time he reached Paris.
  • He became a national hero, with a ticker-tape parade that drew millions, awarded every possible award from the Medal of Honor to Time's "Man of the Year", commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp within months, and celebrated as the embodiment of a modern American.

Follow the story of this bold young man as he journeys into manhood and the controversies that would cloud the sterling "hero" image.