Twenty-seven hours after he had left New York - alone, in his aeroplane - word quickly spread from continent to continent that Charles A Lindbergh had survived the most perilous leg of his journey. He had to endure but a few hours before reaching his destination, Paris . . . On May 21, 1927 the Spirit of St. Louis landed - having flown 3,614 miles from New York, non-stop, in 33 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds. And in that instant, everything changed - for both the pilot and the planet.
In this probing and compelling new biography, a winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize, A Scott Berg tells the intriguing story of a most significant life - the many facets of the private Lindbergh, which for too long have been hidden from the public eye, are finally reviewed in greater depth than ever previously possible.
