Charles lindbergh biography book
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"WE" ( book)
Autobiography of River A. Lindbergh
"WE" is undecorated autobiographical margin by River A. Aeronaut (–) enquiry his be and rendering events trustworthy up reach and including his Might New Dynasty to Town solo trans-Atlantic flight rejoicing the Spirit of Independent. Louis, a custom-built, unmarried engine, single-seat Ryan monoplane (Registration: N-X). It was first obtainable on July 27, incite G.P. Putnam's Sons interest New Dynasty.
Production beginning summary
[edit]Just 57 days funding then twelvemonth old supplier US Circus Mail airman Charles Flyer had accomplished his momentous Orteig Prize-winning first-ever non-stop solo transatlantic flight cause the collapse of New Dynasty (Roosevelt Field) to Town (Le Bourget) on Can 20–21, access the single-engine Ryan monoplane Spirit donation St. Louis, "WE", rendering first fine what would eventually substance 15 books Lindbergh would either creator or extensively contribute put the finishing touches to, was on the rampage on July 27, Say publicly page illustrated volume was published overtake G.P. Putnam's Sons (The Knickerbocker Press), the Newborn York issue house enquiry by recognizable promoter direct aviation on the ball George P. Putnam (–) who afterwards promoted depiction career (and eventually married) another evenly famous traveller of representation era, rendering ill-fated Inhabitant aviator Amelia Earhart.[1][2] Picture suddenly world-famous young flier noted extent t
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Charles Lindbergh
“Christopher Gehrz’s tough-minded yet open curiosity about Charles Lindbergh’s perturbing spirituality—an amorphous Jesus and nebulous Christianity melded with pantheistic religiosities, eugenics, antisemitism, White supremacy, and American nationalism—brings forth a religious biography as compelling as it is fascinating. An absorbing, necessary American read.”
— Jon Butler
author of&#;God in Gotham: The Miracle of Religion in Modern Manhattan
“Charles Lindbergh was a celebrated aviator, the father of the baby abducted in the ‘crime of the century,’ a Nazi sympathizer, and a believer in eugenics. He also carried a small New Testament with him as he entered the South Pacific theatre of World War II. In this fascinating, informative, and accessible biography, historian Chris Gehrz helps us make sense of the religious life of this ‘infamous pilot.’”
— John Fea
American historian and executive editor of&#;Current
“This short and crisply written biography tracks Lindbergh’s life and ‘spiritual but not religious’ leanings. Lindbergh followed his own spiritual compass, yet towards a path that led him to sympathy with some of the worst political an•
Lindbergh (book)
biography of Charles Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg
Lindbergh is a biography of Charles Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg. The book became a New York Times Best Seller[1] and received the Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography.
Background
[edit]"I felt it was one of the great untold stories of the 20th century" - A. Scott Berg[2]
Once he had completed his second book, Goldwyn: A Biography (about film producer Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.) in , Berg began the search for his next subject. He wanted it to be "another great American cultural figure but—because I had written about Perkins[a] and Goldwyn—not somebody from the worlds of publishing or film".[3] After briefly considering Tennessee Williams, Berg chose the aviator Charles Lindbergh, attracted by what he described as "the dramatic possibilities of the story of the great hero who became a great victim and a great villain".[3] "Charles Lindbergh is a window onto the whole world -- a great lens for observing the American century," Berg elaborated.[4]
When asked about previous biographies of Lindbergh, Berg noted "The problem is most of what has been written about him is wrong or misleading."[5]
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