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Thirty-three and a half hours that made him the most famous man on earth — and a lifetime trying to live past it. On May 21, 1927, a 25-year-old airmail pilot landed the Spirit of St. Louis outside Paris. Daniel Alef’s compact biography follows Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974) through triumph and shadow alike, in full.
From barnstorming days through the solo Atlantic crossing that made him legend, into the darker chapters: the kidnapping and murder of his infant son in 1932 — the crime of the century — the bitter controversies of prewar isolationism, and the long, complicated road back to esteem as aviation pioneer and conservationist.
Concise, balanced, and highly readable — the essential Lindbergh in one sitting: the courage, the celebrity, the tragedy, the resilience. For readers of aviation history and American biography, a story that still soars, and still unsettles — heroism and its discontents.
On May 21, 1927, a 25-year-old airmail pilot landed the Spirit of St. Louis outside Paris and became the most famous man on earth. The Lone Eagle Soared High And Low is Daniel Alef’s compact biography of Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974), the hero whose life traced both the triumphs and the shadows of the twentieth century.
Alef follows Lindbergh from the barnstorming days through the 33½-hour solo crossing of the Atlantic that made him a legend — and into the darker chapters: the kidnapping and murder of his infant son in 1932, the bitter controversies of his prewar isolationism, and his long, complicated road back to public esteem as an aviation pioneer and conservationist.
Concise, balanced, and highly readable, this biography gives you the essential Lindbergh in one sitting — the courage, the celebrity, the tragedy, and the resilience. For readers of aviation history and American biography, it is a story that still soars. An absorbing portrait of an American icon — highly recommended.
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