"WE"; The Daring Flyer's Remarkable Life Story and his Account of the Transatlantic Flight that Shook The World

by Charles A. Lindbergh

• ISBN13: 9781585747085
• ISBN10: 1585747084
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

Charles Lindbergh will always be remembered for completing the first transatlantic flight, leaving New York City on May 20 and landing in Paris and in history on May 21, 1927. The crowd greeted him with such intensity that a speech was impossible, and when he stepped out of the cockpit and into the throngs, his feet did not touch the ground for half an hour. Even without that historic flight, Lindbergh's story would thrill, affording us a firsthand glimpse into the colorful, risk- filled world of the professional pilot in the early days of flight.

Author Biography

Charles A. Lindbergh, the son of a congressman from Minnesota, remained a huge figure on the American cultural scene long after his historic flight.

Table of Contents

Boyhood and Early Flights	p. 19
My First Plane	p. 39
Barnstorming Experiences	p. 63
Heading South	p. 84
Training at Brooks Field	p. 104
Receiving a Pilot's Wings	p. 126
I Join the Air Mail	p. 153
Two Emergency Jumps	p. 175
San Diego--St. Louis--New York	p. 198
New York to Paris	p. 213
Publisher's Note	p. 231
Author's Note	p. 232
A Little of what the World Thought of Lindbergh
Paris	p. 233
Brussels	p. 248
London	p. 254
Washington	p. 265
New York	p. 297
St. Louis	p. 315
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