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Book

The rise and fall of Charles Lindbergh

Call Number

  • 921 L743F TEEN (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2020]

Physical Description

372 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Audience

Grades: 9-12.

Summary

"A biography of one of America's most celebrated heroes, and most complicated, troubled men, Charles Lindbergh"--

Contents

  • Prologue: the rally
  • Growing up. In the beginning ; Rootless ; Changes
  • Airborne. Schooled ; Daredevil Lindbergh ; Silver wings
  • New York to Paris. Plans and frustrations ; The flying kid ; 33 hours, 30 minutes, 29.8 seconds ; The most famous man in the world
  • Copilot. Charles and Anne ; I do ; Settling down ; Immortal
  • Kidnapped. "They have stolen our baby" ; "Jafsie" and cemetery John ; The ransom ; Search's end
  • Blown off course. Rebuilding ; Ordeal by trial ; Lost faith
  • Losing altitude. Spring 1936 ; "Hitler is undoubtedly a great man" ; Lindbergh reports ; No place like home
  • America first. An influential citizen ; The hero speaks ; "The bubonic plague among writers" ; Crash landing ; The Lindberghs' war
  • Final flight. Out of the ashes ; Together, yet apart ; Sorrows and secrets.

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