LINDBERGH: A Photographic Biography of the Lone Eagle
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (638 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0692705244 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Bruce McAllister is a semi-retired freelance photographer/writer/publisher/commercial pilot who has logged most of his 5,100 hours of flight time in the Rockies, the Arctic, the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska. He currently contributes to AIR & SPACE Smithsonian and is the Automotive Editor of Conde Nast Traveler.. McAllister has authored ten aviation history titles and has contributed to AIR & SPACE
Lindbergh–aviator, adventurer, author, activist, pathfinder, fighter pilot, and conservationist. Lindbergh’s epic non-stop flight from New York to Paris in a single-engine aircraft was the biggest media event in the 1920s and set up the United States to become a world leader in aviation. This book brings back to life that epic career in evocative text and hundreds of photographs, many rarely published, reawakening the careers of a man and his wife who achieved more, in more varied fields, than perhaps any couple in history. (Bruce McAllister & Stephan Wilkinson). Many Americans who no longer remember the legacy of the world’s first true media celebrity have forgotten Charles A
The pictures combine with the narrative to give the reader a real appreciation of the extraordinary lives of both Charles and Anne Lindbergh. *** LINDBERGH is both a timely and a timeless book. The authors have presented him more as a genuine human being than a media darling.
Rod Carlson said More Than I Expected. I expected McAllister and Wilkinson’s book to be interesting but not mesmerizing. Perhaps it’s the photos and the text working together with each page showing and telling more than I thought I knew about Lindbergh and bringing him to life with almost real-time action. For example, picturing Lindbergh and the equally iconic aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky sitting together … “Lindbergh had been of substantial help to Igor Sikorsky in developing . "This well written story is beautifully supported by these photos and contains additional information about" according to Pamela Sheffield. My husband and I just finished reading Lindbergh, A Photographic Biography of the Lone Eagle by Bruce McAllister and Stephen Wilkinson. We were very impressed by the photos, some of which were archival and rarely seen by the public. This well written story is beautifully supported by these photos and contains additional information about Lindbergh's life not usually known. We recommend this superb book to anyone who wishes to know the whole unabridged story with its . For already dedicated Lindbergh admirers like myself, as well as the historians among us For already dedicated Lindbergh admirers like myself, as well as the historians among us, Bruce McAllister's and Stephan Wilkinson's new ".Photographic Biography of the Lone Eagle" is a must read/must have book. While we likely already know of many if not most of the memorable things Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh did (Atlantic crossing, pioneering international airline routes, flying Pacific combat missions in WWII, all the while raising their childr