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Book The Spirit of St  Louis

Download or read book The Spirit of St Louis written by Charles A. Lindbergh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-12-09 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lindbergh's own account of his historic transatlantic solo flight in 1927.

Book Charles Lindbergh Papers

Download or read book Charles Lindbergh Papers written by Charles Augustus Lindbergh and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are dozens of folders with an assortment of materials, including newspapers and newspaper clippings, documents, certificates, receipts, booklets, magazines, periodicals, photographs, negatives, envelopes, and correspondence. The collection contains information about Charles Lindbergh and people related to him, either through business or family. The majority of the collection regarding any biographical or historical information directly related to Lindbergh and his flight has been arranged by publishing date, starting from1926, and ending in the 2000s. However, the remainder of the collection is arranged by subject.

Book The Wartime Journals of Charles A  Lindbergh

Download or read book The Wartime Journals of Charles A Lindbergh written by Charles Augustus Lindbergh and published by New York : Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. This book was released on 1970 with total page 1098 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes index.

Book Au Roi

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  • Release :
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  • Pages : 8 pages

Download or read book Au Roi written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Case That Never Dies

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lloyd Gardner
  • Publisher : Rutgers University Press
  • Release : 2012-06-12
  • ISBN : 0813560632
  • Pages : 496 pages

Download or read book The Case That Never Dies written by Lloyd Gardner and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential reading for anyone interested in the most famous American crime of the twentieth century Since its original publication in 2004, The Case That Never Dies has become the standard account of the Lindbergh Kidnapping. Now, in a new afterword, historian Lloyd C. Gardner presents a surprise conclusion based on recently uncovered pieces of evidence that were missing from the initial investigation as well as an evaluation of Charles Lindbergh’s role in the search for the kidnappers. Out of the controversies surrounding the actions of Colonel Lindbergh, Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the New Jersey State Police, and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, Gardner presents a well-reasoned argument for what happened on the night of March 1, 1932. The Case That NeverDies places the Lindbergh kidnapping, investigation, and trial in the context of the Depression, when many feared the country was on the edge of anarchy. Gardner delves deeply into the aspects of the case that remain confusing to this day, including Lindbergh’s dealings with crime baron Owney Madden, Al Capone’s New York counterpart, as well as the inexplicable exploits of John Condon, a retired schoolteacher who became the prosecution’s best witness. The initial investigation was hampered by Colonel Lindbergh, who insisted that the police not attempt to find the perpetrator because he feared the investigation would endanger his son’s life. He relented only when the child was found dead. After two years of fruitless searching, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, a German immigrant, was discovered to have some of the ransom money in his possession. Hauptmann was arrested, tried, and sentenced to death. Throughout the book, Gardner pays special attention to the evidence of the case and how it was used and misused in the trial. Whether Hauptmann was guilty or not, Gardner concludes that there was insufficient evidence to convict him of first-degree murder. Set in historical context, the book offers not only a compelling read, but a powerful vantage point from which to observe the United States in the 1930s as well as contemporary arguments over capital punishment.

Book We by Charles A  Lindbergh

Download or read book We by Charles A Lindbergh written by Charles A. Lindbergh and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-13 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the autobiography of the famous flier, Charles A. Lindbergh, written almost immediately after his famous flight across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris on May 20-21, 1927. This historic flight by Charles Lindbergh took him from being a little known US Postal Service Air Mail pilot and made him into one of the most famous if not the most famous person in the world. The main impetus for the flight was the $25,000 Orteig Prize offered by the French-born New York hotelier Raymond Orteig. He offered the prize to be awarded to the pilot of the first successful nonstop flight made in either direction between New York City and Paris. The book, which was also soon translated into most major languages, remained at the top of best-seller lists well into 1928, with more than 650,000 copies sold in the first year, and earned Lindbergh more than $250,000. The book's great commercial success was considerably aided by its publication coinciding with the start of his three-month tour of the United States in the Spirit on behalf of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics. The nation became obsessed with Lindbergh during the tour in which he was seen in person by more than 30 million Americans, a quarter of the nation's then population. No other author before or since ever had such an extensive, highly publicized tour that helped promote a book than did Lindbergh's "We" of himself and the Spirit during their 22,350-mile tour of the US. He visited 82 cities in all 48 states during which the nation's nascent aviation superhero delivered 147 speeches and rode 1,290 miles in parades.

Book North to the Orient

Download or read book North to the Orient written by Anne Morrow Lindbergh and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1935 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., c1935.

Book Uncommon Friends

Download or read book Uncommon Friends written by James Draper Newton and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1987 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newton engagingly recalls a lifetime of friendship with five giants of the twentieth century. Foreword by Anne Morrow Lindbergh; Index; photographs.

Book The Flight of the Century

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  • Author : Thomas Kessner
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2010-07-20
  • ISBN : 0199752648
  • Pages : 337 pages

Download or read book The Flight of the Century written by Thomas Kessner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In late May 1927 an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight. A spectacular feat of individual daring and collective technological accomplishment, Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris ushered in the modern age of commercial aviation. In The Flight of the Century, Thomas Kessner takes a fresh look at one of America's greatest moments, explaining how what was essentially a publicity stunt became a turning point in history. Kessner vividly recreates the flight itself and the euphoric reaction to it on both sides of the Atlantic, and argues that Lindbergh's amazing feat occurred just when the world--still struggling with the disillusionment of WWI--desperately needed a hero to restore a sense of optimism and innocence. Kessner also shows how new forms of mass media made Lindbergh into the most famous international celebrity of his time, casting him in the role of a humble yet dashing American hero of rural origins and traditional values. Much has been made of Lindbergh's personal integrity and his refusal to cash in on his fame, but Kessner reveals that Lindbergh was closely allied with, and managed by, a group of powerful businessmen--Harry Guggenheim, Dwight Morrow, and Henry Breckenridge chief among them--who sought to exploit aviation for mass transport and massive profits. Their efforts paid off as commercial air traffic soared from 6,000 passengers in 1926 to 173,000 passengers in 1929. Kessner's book is the first to fully explore Lindbergh's central role in promoting the airline industry--the rise of which has influenced everything from where we live to how we wage war and do business.

Book Charles Lindbergh

Download or read book Charles Lindbergh written by Lucile Davis and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief biography which focuses on the accomplishments of the first man to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.

Book The American Axis

Download or read book The American Axis written by Max Wallace and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-12-13 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how Charles Lindbergh's support for Nazi militarism and U.S. isolationism and Henry Ford's business dealings with Germany tarnished their idealized images. Drawing on original lsources, Wallace brings out some pertinent connections between the two men's anti-Semitism and their ties with the rising Nazi regime. Their influence culminated in an abuse of power that helped strengthen Hitler's regime and undermined the Allied war effort.

Book Charles A  Lindbergh

Download or read book Charles A Lindbergh written by Joshua Stoff and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extensive pictorial anthology chronicles extraordinary career of the man who changed aviation history. Over 250 rare photographs, accompanied by detailed captions depict Lindbergh in childhood photos, shots of his "barnstorming" days, views of the young pilot examining damage to his Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" after crashing in 1923, and touring with the Spirit of St. Louis.

Book Charles Lindbergh

Download or read book Charles Lindbergh written by Lucia Raatma and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2001 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief biography which focuses on the accomplishments of the first man to fly nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean.

Book Lindbergh

    Book Details:
  • Author : Leonard Mosley
  • Publisher : Courier Corporation
  • Release : 2000-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780486409641
  • Pages : 524 pages

Download or read book Lindbergh written by Leonard Mosley and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book The Boyhood Diary of Charles Lindbergh  1913 1916

Download or read book The Boyhood Diary of Charles Lindbergh 1913 1916 written by Charles Lindbergh and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2001 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpts from the diary of Charles Lindbergh record passenger train travel, camping trips, and an auto trip around rural Minnesota.

Book Charles Lindbergh

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  • Author : Heather Lehr Wagner
  • Publisher : Infobase Publishing
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 0791072126
  • Pages : 109 pages

Download or read book Charles Lindbergh written by Heather Lehr Wagner and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Lindbergh flew alone over the Atlantic Ocean for more than 33 hours in May 1927, becoming the first person to fly successfully from New York to Paris. That short period of time -- little more than a single day -- would forever change his life, and the future course of aviation. However, the successful transatlantic flight was only the beginning of Lindbergh's achievements. Charles Lindbergh offers a fascinating peek into the evolution of aviation -- from the early days of daredevil pilots to the successful development of commercial passenger service and the modern airports we know today. Learn more about Lindbergh's story of triumph and tragedy -- the triumph of a pioneer who dreamed of new adventures and then made them come true, and the tragedy of a solitary man burdened by sudden, overwhelming celebrity. Book jacket.

Book The Culture of Organs

Download or read book The Culture of Organs written by Alexis Carrel and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: