The Last Hero: Charles A. Lindbergh
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In an age when aviation was synonymous with daring and death, one man rose above the clouds to become the most celebrated American of the twentieth century — The Last Hero: Charles A. Lindbergh chronicles the extraordinary life of the lone eagle who, in May 1927, piloted the Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic in a solo flight that electrified the world. Walter S. Ross presents an intimate, unflinching portrait of Lindbergh — the small-town Minnesota boy who became a global icon overnight — tracing his meteoric rise to fame, the devastating tragedy of his kidnapped son, his controversial political stances, and his complex, contradictory character that defied easy heroism. Ross writes with the authority of a seasoned biographer, drawing on firsthand accounts and rare photographs to illuminate both the public legend and the private man beneath it. The narrative balances admiration with honest scrutiny, revealing a figure shaped by an unrelenting drive for perfection and an almost pathological need for solitude — a man who conquered the skies yet remained, in many ways, a stranger to the world that adored him. This Special Memorial Edition stands as a definitive account of an American life unlike any other, leaving the reader to wonder: what does it truly cost a man to become a legend?
Author: Walter S. Ross
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In an age when aviation was synonymous with daring and death, one man rose above the clouds to become the most celebrated American of the twentieth century — The Last Hero: Charles A. Lindbergh chronicles the extraordinary life of the lone eagle who, in May 1927, piloted the Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic in a solo flight that electrified the world. Walter S. Ross presents an intimate, unflinching portrait of Lindbergh — the small-town Minnesota boy who became a global icon overnight — tracing his meteoric rise to fame, the devastating tragedy of his kidnapped son, his controversial political stances, and his complex, contradictory character that defied easy heroism. Ross writes with the authority of a seasoned biographer, drawing on firsthand accounts and rare photographs to illuminate both the public legend and the private man beneath it. The narrative balances admiration with honest scrutiny, revealing a figure shaped by an unrelenting drive for perfection and an almost pathological need for solitude — a man who conquered the skies yet remained, in many ways, a stranger to the world that adored him. This Special Memorial Edition stands as a definitive account of an American life unlike any other, leaving the reader to wonder: what does it truly cost a man to become a legend?