THE BOY'S STORY OF LINDBERGH THE LONE EAGLE

USA: THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY, 1928 WONDERFUL STORY PUBLISHED AND WRITTEN BY MR.BEAMISH. GREAT DETAIL AND INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH VERY NICE PICTURES THROUGHOUT. GREEN COVER, GOLD PRINT AND PLANE DESIGN SPINE, NICE ARTWORK AND DESIGN FRONT WITH PLANE AND TITLE, ART OF LINDBERGH LISTING CLEAN LIVING- PREPAREDNESS AND COURAGE. CLEAN AND TIGHT, PICTURES HELP TELL THE STORY. Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 ¿ August 26, 1974), nicknamed Slim, Lucky Lindy, and The Lone Eagle, was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, explorer, and environmental activist. At age 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize¿making a nonstop flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris. He covered the 33 1¿2-hour, 3,600 statute miles (5,800 km) alone in a single-engine purpose-built Ryan monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis. This was the first solo transatlantic flight and the first non-stop flight between North America and mainland Europe. Lindbergh was an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve, and he received the United States' highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for the feat Richard Joseph Beamish (November 6, 1869 ¿ October 1, 1945) was a Pennsylvania lawyer and journalist. He served a term as the state's Secretary of the Commonwealth, and served on the state's Public Utilities Commission. The Story of Lindbergh, the Lone Eagle. Philadelphia: International Press. 1927. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.