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"We" is comprised of two parts. The first ten chapters (sections) where he traces his steady and remarkable genius for flying are written by Charles Lindbergh. The last six chapters...
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"We" is comprised of two parts. The first ten chapters (sections) where he traces his steady and remarkable genius for flying are written by Charles Lindbergh. The last six chapters are written by Fitzhugh Green and entitled "A Little of What the World Thought of Lindbergh." Green describes the extraordinary public response abroad and then in America to Lindbergh's greatest achievement--his flight from New York to Paris. (Summary by Jim Locke)
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"We" is comprised of two parts. The first ten chapters (sections) where he traces his steady and remarkable genius for flying are written by Charles Lindbergh. The last six chapters...
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"We" is comprised of two parts. The first ten chapters (sections) where he traces his steady and remarkable genius for flying are written by Charles Lindbergh. The last six chapters are written by Fitzhugh Green and entitled "A Little of What the World Thought of Lindbergh." Green describes the extraordinary public response abroad and then in America to Lindbergh's greatest achievement--his flight from New York to Paris. (Summary by Jim Locke)
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| Organizzazione | Biographies Genre |
| Categorie | Libri , Cultura e società , Diari |
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