Name/Title
"LINDBERGH THE LONE EAGLE"Entry/Object ID
2001.220.1.1Description
Color: Gold; Red
"Lindbergh the Lone Eagle: His Life and Epoch Making Flight," by George Buchanan Fife with a chapter by Captain Robert Schofield Wood (New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1927), 282 pp. The book has a red hardcover with the title at the top of the front in gold lettering. An embossed illustration of the Statue of Liberty, the Spirit of St. Louis, and the Eiffel Tower is on the bottom. The title, publisher's name, and an embossed illustration of a propeller are on the spine. At the beginning of the inside are a title page, table of contents, and a list of illustrations. The artifact has twenty-three chapters that begin with Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic followed by his childhood years, early days as a pilot, planning flight over the Atlantic, and the pilot's post-Atlantic flight celebrations. At the end are a listing of telegrams to Lindbergh from New York to Paris. The book is in good condition with some abrasions, dented corners, some fading of the gold lettering, and small tears on the cover fabric.Lexicon
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Aeronautics, Air pilotsSearch Terms
Three-dimensional, Books, A. L. Burt Company, Biography