Everything you need to understand or teach Charles A. Lindbergh by James Cross Giblin.
Although most readers know the outcome of Charles A. Lindbergh's famous nonstop Atlantic flight from New York to Paris, Giblin chronicles the trek in a thrilling manner that keeps the reader turning pages. In a time of radios and newsreels, Lindbergh's daring feat was broadcast to millions around the world. He became an instant hero, a larger-than-life celebrity whose instant fame prefigured that of many of today's stars in our current celebrity-obsessed and...