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Lindbergh

This is a most compelling story of a most significant life; the most private of public figures finally revealed with a sweep and detail never before possible. In the skilled hands of A. Scott Berg, this is at once Lindbergh the hero—and Lindbergh the man.

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Awarded the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.

From one of America's most acclaimed biographers comes the definitive account of the life of one of the nation's most legendary, controversial, and enigmatic figures: aviator Charles A. Lindbergh.

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 640 pages

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