The Spirit of St. Louis

from amerynth

For a man who describes himself as uninterested in spelling and grammar, Charles Lindbergh has written a wonderful book, completely worthy of a Pulitzer Prize. Lindbergh's book "The Spirit of St. Louis" follows his successful effort to become the first person to make a trans-Atlantic flight. Most...

from hcubic

Lindbergh's version of Lindbergh. It did win a Pulitzer Prize. Nothing about Lindbergh's support of the Nazis.

from tnilsson

Incredibly well-written and interesting story of Lindbergh's life prior to and during his historic flight. I care little for airplane facts or the history of flight, but this book held my interest all the way through.

from Stbalbach

The story behind the autobiographical The Spirit of St. Louis, published 60-years ago this fall, is interesting because Lindbergh spent 14 years working on it, putting in more effort than actually flying across the Atlantic, and perhaps even his entire 5-year flying career to that point. He wrote...

from tgraettinger

Fantastic. The story is so unique, and Lindbergh's telling is so real and down-to-earth (how ironic). What I enjoyed the most was the way the narrative recalled those days from not-so-long-ago: how unusual it was for a plane to fly overhead (people came running to see, schools let out, businesses...