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The rise and fall of Charles Lindbergh / Candace Fleming

By: Material type: TextTextEdition: First editionDescription: 372 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780525646549
  • 052564654X
  • 9780525646556
  • 0525646558
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 629.13092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • TL540.L5 F56 2020
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
Summary: "A riveting biography of one of America's most celebrated heroes, and most complicated, troubled men, Charles Lindbergh"--
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Non Fiction MVS Library Main room-Teen/Adult B- Nonfiction (Teen/Adult) 629.130 FLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4010590

Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-330) and index

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

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

Ages: 12+

Grades: 9-12

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