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B Lin
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Franklin Watts (1990), 160 pages
Description
Presents a biography of Charles Lindbergh, from his early years as an aviator to his controversial later life.
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This is a synopsis of important events in the life of Charles Lindbergh. There are fascinating details of the amazing, heroic flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. There are details of the kidnapping of his first child, a baby boy just 20 months old when he was taken and killed, and a
While unschooled in the traditional sense, Lindbergh was, by all accounts, a genius when working with planes. A stanch supporter of eugenics and initially a supporter of Nazi German, he later learned that what was shown to him in Germany, and what was hidden were two vastly different things.
Too late in his discovery, people could not forgive and forget his ability to search for the entire picture of the atrocities perpetrated by Hitler and his followers.
This is a snapshot of a very complicated and famous American flier in the early stages of aviation.
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fascinating look at his environmental efforts late in life.While unschooled in the traditional sense, Lindbergh was, by all accounts, a genius when working with planes. A stanch supporter of eugenics and initially a supporter of Nazi German, he later learned that what was shown to him in Germany, and what was hidden were two vastly different things.
Too late in his discovery, people could not forgive and forget his ability to search for the entire picture of the atrocities perpetrated by Hitler and his followers.
This is a snapshot of a very complicated and famous American flier in the early stages of aviation.
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Pages
160