In this highly readable biography, best-selling author Leonard Mosley offers a fascinating account of Lindbergh's childhood, days as a barnstormer and mail pilot, the flight to Paris and its aftermath, the Hauptmann trial, his later life, and much more. Source Notes. Index. 40 halftone illustrations.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword
Prologue: The Wound Reopened
Part One / The Makings
I HUCKLEBERRY SWEDE
II DOWN ON THE FARM
III BARNSTORMING
IV CATHARSIS BY RIP CORD
V FIREWORKS
VI MAIL RUN
VII PROMOTION
Part Two / Wings to Lift a World
VIII THE FLYING FOOL
IX THE FLIGHT
X HERO
XI "WHO? LITTLE ME?"
Part Three / Into the Abyss
XII A LIFE OF RELENTLESS ACTION
XIII THE FAT LAMB IS STOLEN
XIV LOST FAITH
XV ORDEAL BY TRIAL
Part Four / Innocents Abroad
XVI SURCEASE
XVII HOOKED
XVIII THE ALBATROSS
Part Five / Peacenik
XIX PORTRAIT OF AN ISOLATIONIST
XX THE BATTLE THE WRONG SIDE WON
XXI AMERICA FIRST
XXII DES MOINES
XXIII FAREWELL TO LINDBERGH?
Part Six / The Mote and the Beam
XXIV CIVILIAN AT WAR
XXV RETURN TO GERMANY
Part Seven / Out of the Ashes
XXVI A CHANGED MAN?
XXVII TURNING POINT
XXVIII LAST ADVENTURE
XXIX EAGLE'S NEST
Source Notes
Index
