The Spirit of St. Louis (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles A. Lindbergh
- First Published: 1953
- Time of Work: 1926–1927
- Setting: California, Missouri, New York, and France
- Principal Characters: Charles A. Lindbergh, Major Bill Robertson, B. F. Mahoney, Donald Hall, Bert Tindale
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Autobiography, Flight, Airplanes or jets, Aviation or aviators, Aeronautics, Engineering, Airports
- Locales: California, France, New York, Missouri
Form and Content
To Charles A. Lindbergh, his autobiographical The Spirit of St. Louis is a two-part narrative “about flying and an aviator’s life, in the beginning of the 20th century” that “describes the planning and execution of the first nonstop flight between the continents of North America and Europe.” The book was begun in 1938 and was not finished until 1952, with revisions made to the manuscript many times, in many places, and under many circumstances during those years.
In part I of the two-part saga, Lindbergh claims that his most important...
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