We Library Binding – 1 Mar 1999

I was recommended this book by a friend and I am very glad I read it!Charles A Lindbergh's story of his life and then flight across the Atlantic is told in a very humble manner by himself. I found it an enthralling read by one of the great pioneers of air flight. It goes from his early 'barnstorming' days through his flight training in the army, the setting up of mail flights across America and then ending with his historic flight across the Atlantic.A true American hero who came across as a very modest person I thought.

Extremely well written. His intellect is clearly displayed in his work. We, was referring to the bond he felt with his plane during the historic flight from NY to Paris and served as a first of two autobiographies that he wrote about himself. It contains nothing concerning his involvement in the America First movement or his attempts with Henry Ford and Father Charles Coughlin to keep us out of conflicts in Europe having been written and published right after the historic flight.

A used book , very used, coming out in 1927, A cheap job done to take advantage of the flight and make some big bucks from it by the promoters,. Concentrated mostly on his early work and was very good, fascinating. Gave short shrift to "The flight", because they wanted to get the book out quickly. Fair enough. There are thousands of these books available cheaply, it is still great to open the old pages and read his early autobio, and the erest of it. Anyone who reads this should also read the 1972 book also, on which he reconstructed "The Flight, in real detail, as only a nerd like he could do.

Besides good reading the third party that supplied the book gave very outstanding service.

a decade before all the hell of his Nazi medal and America First vituperations that sickened many of his countrymen, Charles Lindbergh accomplished something singular and extraordinary. in the era when the media first thrived on heroes of every stripe, he was our greatest. within a few weeks of his triumph ... and twenty-six years before he wrote a Pulizter prize winning account of that flight which made the world stop and listen ... he dashed off a little volume about it.not a very good one. couple of anecdotes not found elsewhere and little detail about plane or trip but if you have a shelf full of Lindbergh books, this makes a worthy addition at the price available.

How can such a well-written account of such a dangerous, daring adventure have fallen so far out of public favor as to be unavailable in ANY Iowa public library?