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Charles A. Lindbergh: A Human Hero Hardcover - 1997

by James Cross Giblin

Pilot Charles A. Lindbergh was one of the first Americans to be lionized by the news media. When LIndbergh made his nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927, radio and sound movies were just beginning to be popular, enabling people to learn of events almost as soon as they happened. Overnight, the 25-year-old Lindbergh, a man of modest means and education, was catapulted into the public limelight. He became the American hero whom everyone adored and thought could do no wrong. Lindbergh's popularity lasted little more than a decade. His ties to Nazi Germany and his outspoken isolationist views prior to World War II cost him the respect of many close friend and relatives, and of the general public as well. The story of Lindbergh's rise to fame and abrupt descent into disgrace is told here with frankness and understanding. The meticulously researched text and generous selection of archival photographs present a lively and rounded portrait of a man who earned his place in aviation history despite his faults.


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Pilot Charles A. Lindbergh was one of the first Americans to be lionized by the news media. When LIndbergh made his nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927, radio and sound movies were just beginning to be popular, enabling people to learn of events almost as soon as they happened. Overnight, the 25-year-old Lindbergh, a man of modest means and education, was catapulted into the public limelight. He became the American hero whom everyone adored and thought could do no wrong. Lindbergh's popularity lasted little more than a decade. His ties to Nazi Germany and his outspoken isolationist views prior to World War II cost him the respect of many close friend and relatives, and of the general public as well. The story of Lindbergh's rise to fame and abrupt descent into disgrace is told here with frankness and understanding. The meticulously researched text and generous selection of archival photographs present a lively and rounded portrait of a man who earned his place in aviation history despite his faults.

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James Cross Giblin is the author of more than 20 critically acclaimed books for young people. His most recent book for Clarion, The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler, received the Robert F. Sibert Award for Informational Books. Mr. Giblin lives in New York City.

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  • Title Charles A. Lindbergh: A Human Hero
  • Author James Cross Giblin
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Printing
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Clarion Books, New York:
  • Date 1997-10-20
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780395633892 / 0395633893
  • Weight 1.42 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 10 x 7.5 x 0.82 in (25.40 x 19.05 x 2.08 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 7
  • Reading level 1140
  • Library of Congress subjects Lindbergh, Charles A, Lindbergh, Charles A - Juvenile literature
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96009501
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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"Adventurer, family man, environmentalist, Nazi apologist, Giblin gives us a sense of the complete man in this balanced portrait -- a man he calls 'an all-too-human hero.' " Booklist, ALA, Starred Review

About the author

James Cross Giblin is the author of more than 20 critically acclaimed books for young people. His most recent book for Clarion, The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler, received the Robert F. Sibert Award for Informational Books. Mr. Giblin lives in New York City.
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