Lindbergh

(London: Macmillan, 1998) 0333735781. 8vo; original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (xii) + 628, incl. index; plates. Slight curl to edges of dustwrapper, which is a touch sunned on spine panel; trace of spotting to edges. Very good condition. "Charles Lindbergh's life was a singular odyssey and many of his accomplishments, long hidden from the public, were a testament to his unique character. He was at the forefront of pioneering research in aeronautics and rocketry; his passion for conservation and anthropology led him to remote regions of Asia, Africa and the Americas, where he instigated changes in government policy; and his innovative medical work led to the development of a precursor to the articifical heart. He unfailingly encouraged the literary career of his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh - author of the perennial bestseller Gift from the Sea, who became one of the century's leading feminist voices and founded a successful reputation as a popular diarist. This compelling biography explores the complex relationship of the supposedly 'golden couple' who have long been considered 'American royalty'. Best-selling author and National Book Award winner A. Scott Berg is the only writer to have been given unrestricted access to the massive Lindbergh archives - more than two thousand boxes of private papers - and the only one permitted to interview Lindbergh's closest friends, colleagues and family members. The result is a brilliant biography that clarifies a life long blurred by myth and half-truth." .