From his days as a barnstorming pilot to his transatlantic flight to his role in mapping international mail routes, Lindbergh never stopped challenging himself. This is an unprecedented view of an extraordinary man. New Introduction by Reeve Lindbergh; Index; photographs and maps.
Customer Reviews
Review Summary: Values ????
Date: 2008-03-20
Details: 30 years after his death we find out that he had three mistresses in Europe and fathered 7 illegitimate children with them. Some values. This book is extremely hard to read after finding that out about the man.
Review Summary: A Blend of History, Memoir, and Metaphysical Musings
Date: 2006-03-28
Details: This is an extraordinary and unusual book, and certainly not what one would expect from the first man to fly the Atlantic alone.
Lindbergh (ever the trailblazer) sets the tone for the future otherworldly musings of astronauts. There must be something about the experience of flight-or of pioneering flight in particular-that sets fire to the spirit and imagination of man.
In Autobiography of Values, Lindbergh freely blends history, memoir, and metaphysical musings. Here we see what was hinted at in Of Flight & Life and parts of The Spirit of St. Louis, given free rein. Reading his mind-expanding phrases, and the extraordinary spiritual experiences during his famous Paris flight (mentioned three times), one sees how a yoga master (Yogananda) could have said that Lindbergh had been a Himalayan yogi in a past life (although this book was written decades after that statement).
Lindbergh was a private person; yet it seems to me that in this book he let the veil slip a little. Perhaps it was because his death was approaching that the flyer felt free to share some of his deepest thoughts.
I recommend this book to spiritual wayfarers and aviation buffs, and to those who fall somewhere between.
Richard Salva--author of Soul Journey from Lincoln to Lindbergh [UNABRIDGED]
Review Summary: GREAT
Date: 1999-08-03
Details: This is a great biographie on one of the greatest people ever! THIS IS A MUST READ
Review Summary: An intimate conversation with an adventurous sage
Date: 1998-08-26
Details: Charles A. Lindbergh, first person to fly the Atlantic alone, is a fascinating character. This book, written at the end of his life, is a glimpse in the fertile mind of a great man. He tells the story of being one of the first modern media celebrities, an unsought burden. We also follow him through his careers as a pilot in World War II and as a medical researcher.
The real appeal of this book is not the facts of Lindbergh's life, amazing and interesting as they are. The true privilege for the reader is to hear Lindbergh ruminate on the nature of life and spirituality, the ways to remain sane and centered in modern society, and what it means to be an individual while part of a team.
Lindbergh emerges from this memoir as a deep and warm human, one whose passage through this plane touched so many in a positive way.
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