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An American Hero: The True Story of Charles A. Lindberg
An American Hero The True Story of Charles A Lindberg Author:Barry Denenberg Charles Lindbergh was a brave and handsome aviation pioneer whose solo transatlantic flight of 1927 made him the most famous man in the world. Overnight, he became the darling of the media. They followed his every move and even turned the tragic kidnapping and murder of his first son into a public spectacle. Lindbergh's fans were as reveted by h... more »is tragedy as they had been by his daring exploits as a pilot. But his relations with the Nazis in Hitler's Germany and his controversial speeches against America's involvement in World War II would disillusion many Americans then and for years to come. This honest and sometimes shocking portrait penetrates the myths surrounding Charles Lindbergh and lets readers decide what it really means to be an American hero.« less