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The rise and fall of Charles Lindbergh
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- ISBN: 052564654X :
- ISBN: 9780525646549 :
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Physical Description:
372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2020]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-359) and index. |
| Target Audience Note: | Ages: 12+. Grades: 9-12. |
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| Subject: | Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974 Air pilots United States Biography |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Howe Library | YA B LINDBERGH | 31254003671167 | Teens - Lower level | Available | - |
The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh
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Table of Contents
The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Acknowledgments | p. viii | |
| Prologue: The Rally | p. 1 | |
| The Rise | ||
| Part 1 | Growing Up | |
| "A sound individual is produced by a sound life stream." | ||
| Chapter 1 | In the Beginning | p. 11 |
| Chapter 2 | Rootless | p. 20 |
| Chapter 3 | Changes | p. 33 |
| Part 2 | Airborne | |
| "I tasted a wine of the gods." | ||
| Chapter 4 | Schooled | p. 41 |
| Chapter 5 | Daredevil Lindbergh | p. 47 |
| Chapter 6 | Silver Wings | p. 52 |
| Part 3 | New York to Paris | |
| "The greatest feat of a solitary man in the records of the human race." | ||
| Chapter 7 | Plans and Frustrations | p. 63 |
| Chapter 8 | The Flying Kid | p. 75 |
| Chapter 9 | 33 Hours, 30 Minutes, 29.8 Seconds | p. 84 |
| Chapter 10 | The Most Famous Man in the World | p. 94 |
| Part 4 | Copilot | |
| "[He] has swept out of sight all the other men I have ever known ... my world-my little embroidery beribboned world is smashed." | ||
| Chapter 11 | Charles and Anne | p. 107 |
| Chapter 12 | I Do | p. 117 |
| Chapter 13 | Settling Down | p. 124 |
| Chapter 14 | Immortal | p. 131 |
| Part 5 | Kidnapped | |
| "He was twenty months old, blond, blue-eyed, and just beginning to talk." | ||
| Chapter 15 | "They Have Stolen Our Baby" | p. 145 |
| Chapter 16 | "Jafsie" and Cemetery John | p. 156 |
| Chapter 17 | The Ransom | p. 163 |
| Chapter 18 | Search's End | p. 169 |
| Part 6 | Blown Off Course | |
| "We are starting all over again-no ties, no hopes, no plans." | ||
| Chapter 19 | Rebuilding | p. 179 |
| Chapter 20 | Ordeal by Trial | p. 186 |
| Chapter 21 | Lost Faith | p. 197 |
| The Fall | ||
| Part 7 | Losing Altitude | |
| "Hitler, I am beginning to feel, is ... a visionary who really wants the best for his country." | ||
| Chapter 22 | Spring 1936 | p. 209 |
| Chapter 23 | "Hitler Is Undoubtedly a Great Man" | p. 220 |
| Chapter 24 | Lindbergh Reports | p. 232 |
| Chapter 25 | No Place Like Home | p. 238 |
| Part 8 | America First | |
| "We [must] band together to preserve that most priceless possession, our inheritance of European blood ... against ... dilution by foreign races." | ||
| Chapter 26 | An Influential Citizen | p. 247 |
| Chapter 27 | The Hero Speaks | p. 253 |
| Chapter 28 | "The Bubonic Plague Among Writers" | p. 264 |
| Chapter 29 | Crash Landing | p. 269 |
| Chapter 30 | The Lindberghs' War | p. 278 |
| Part 9 | Final Flight | |
| "After my death, the molecules of my being will return to the earth and the sky." | ||
| Chapter 31 | Out of the Ashes | p. 293 |
| Chapter 32 | Together, Yet Apart | p. 305 |
| Chapter 33 | Sorrows and Secrets | p. 312 |
| Bibliography | p. 323 | |
| Source Notes | p. 331 | |
| Index | p. 361 |
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