The original, firsthand account of the greatest flight in history. (SEE QUOTE.)
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"On one point there can be no doubt. This is the value of his descriptions of the daily life of a barnstorming aviator in the pioneer days of flying."
--Horace Green, The New York Times
--Horace Green, The New York Times
A breezy biography that's more for the YA crowd." --The Library Journal
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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.
In April 1923, Lindbergh purchased his first plane, a Jennie, for $500. He used the open-cockpit biplane to make his living in the West "barnstorming," flying from town to town, offering the locals a flight for five dollars. As entertainment, or to drum up business, he sometimes spiced up a visit by dropping a straw-filled dummy from the plane, parachuting into town, or even standing on the wing while his copilot flew. And the flights themselves were anything but dull. Besides the real possibility of crashing, hair-raising takeoffs were almost routine. Surviving a brush with some treetops in Meridian, Mississippi, Lindbergh writes with characteristic understatement, "I had passed through one of those almost-but-not-quite accidents for which Jennies are so famous and which so greatly retarded the growth of commercial flying."
Seventy-five years after the Spirit of St. Louis touched down in Paris, The Lyons Press republishes "We," Lindbergh's own account of his place in history.
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.
In April 1923, Lindbergh purchased his first plane, a Jennie, for $500. He used the open-cockpit biplane to make his living in the West "barnstorming," flying from town to town, offering the locals a flight for five dollars. As entertainment, or to drum up business, he sometimes spiced up a visit by dropping a straw-filled dummy from the plane, parachuting into town, or even standing on the wing while his copilot flew. And the flights themselves were anything but dull. Besides the real possibility of crashing, hair-raising takeoffs were almost routine. Surviving a brush with some treetops in Meridian, Mississippi, Lindbergh writes with characteristic understatement, "I had passed through one of those almost-but-not-quite accidents for which Jennies are so famous and which so greatly retarded the growth of commercial flying."
Seventy-five years after the Spirit of St. Louis touched down in Paris, The Lyons Press republishes "We," Lindbergh's own account of his place in history.
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WE - The first take,
This review is from: We: The Daring Flyer's Remarkable Life Story and his Account of the Transatlantic Flight that Shook The World (Paperback)
Lindbergh rejected a ghost written life story and account of his flight. Committed to a book soon after his New York to Paris flight and feeling obligated he wrote quickly and did not re-write or edit. While many of of the tales in WE are repeated in The Spirit of St. Louis, there is a feeling of spontaneity and freshness in WE that is not present in the later, more formal book.
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This review is from: We: The Daring Flyer's Remarkable Life Story and his Account of the Transatlantic Flight that Shook The World (Paperback)
This was one of my Father's favorite books when he was just a lad. He passed on his copy to me, but over the years the original edition had deterioated to such an extent that it was no longer able to be handled. I purchased this edition in order to be able to read the contents yet again. It is a bit of Lindbergmania, but it is still interesting.
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