The Spirit of St. Louis - Softcover

Lindbergh, Charles A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743237056 ISBN 13: 9780743237055

Publisher: Scribner, 2003

Synopsis

The classic, bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning account of Charles A. Lindbergh's historic transatlantic flight

Along with most of my fellow fliers, I believed that aviation had a brilliant future. Now we live, today, in our dreams of yesterday; and, living in those dreams, we dream again...

Charles A. Lindbergh captured the world's attention--and changed the course of history--when he completed his famous nonstop flight from New York to Paris in 1927. In The Spirit of St. Louis, Lindbergh takes the reader on an extraordinary journey, bringing to life the thrill and peril of trans-Atlantic travel in a single-engine plane. Eloquently told and sweeping in its scope, Lindbergh's Pulitzer Prize-winning account is an epic adventure tale for all time.

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The Spirit of St. Louis Along with most of my fellow fliers, I believed that aviation had a brilliant future. Now we live, today, in our dreams of yesterday; and, living in those dreams, we dream again...." -- From "The Spirit of St. Louis" Charles A. Lindbergh captured the world's attention -- and changed the course of history -- when he completed his famous nonstop flight from New York to Paris in 1927. In "The Spirit ... Full description

Review:

Chicago Daily News A stunning, tremendously beautiful reading experience...a classic of adventure writing.

Time At its exciting best, this book keeps the reader cockpit close to a rare adventure.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0743237056
• ISBN 13: 9780743237055
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 592