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Charles A. Lindbergh: Lone Eagle (Library of American Biography Series)
Charles A Lindbergh Lone Eagle - Library of American Biography Series Author:Walter L. Hixson In the 1920s America yearned for a hero. They had great baseball players and actors, but they longed for a seminal achievement ? authentically heroic in its defiance of the odds. The Lone Eagle delivered, and the public treated him like a hero from a fairy tale, with rewards of wealth, fame, and a princess in marriage. But domestic tragedy follo... more »wed. And so, in this wonderful concise biography, Walter Hixson has shown how "Lucky Lindy" exemplifies the triumphs and tragedies of America's coming of age. « less