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A. Scott Berg
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Charles Lindbergh

Summary:   The life of Charles Lindbergh and relation to The Great Gatsby.


In Lindbergh, A. Scott Berg recollects... "A small one-engine plane with "The Spirit of St. Louis" painted on the side lands at Le Bourget field, in the midst of thousands of cheering spectators. A tall, thin, sandy haired, twenty-five-year-old man emerges from the cockpit and timidly smiles. Modestly, he says, "Are there any mechanics here"" The famous man was Charles Lindbergh. He had just completed the first non-stop solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean

Charles Augustus Lindbergh was born on Feb. 4, 1902, in Detroit. He grew up on a farm in Little Falls, Minnesota. His father, Charles Augustus Lindbergh Sr, was a lawyer and his mother, Evangeline Lodge Land, taught chemistry. When Charles Lindbergh was little he was very interested in mechanics and had great mechanical ability. At age 12,.....

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