Who is Charles Lindbergh from The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America and what is their importance?

Daniel Boorstin examines the life achievements of Charles Lindbergh in detail because he believes that Lindbergh was a good example of a hero, who was subsequently "degraded into a celebrity". Boorstin asserts that the degradation separated him from the values that were associated with his heroic feats, and thus, he became empty. Lindbergh made a historic flight across the Atlantic Ocean in a single propeller plane. Boorstin states that although this feat qualified as heroic, on a day-to-day basis, Lindbergh was "a commonplace person".