Charles A. Lindbergh, lone eagle /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pearson Longman,
[2007]
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
| Series: | Library of American biography (New York, N.Y.)
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
| Summary: | 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 followed. 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. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 176 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-166) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0321093232 9780321093233 |