Description: On a windy winter night in 1932, someone kidnapped the baby of Charles A. Lindbergh, one of the most famous men in the world. The sensational trial that followed, known as the Trial of the Century, sparked worldwide controversy and debate that still continue to this day.
Description: The famed flier's own vivid word picture recalls with warmth and accuracy the years before World War I on his family farm near Little Falls, Minnesota. The brief text is enhanced by many photographs from his personal albums.
Extensive pictorial anthology chronicles extraordinary career of the man who changed aviation history. Over 250 rare photographs, accompanied by detailed captions depict Lindbergh in childhood photos, shots of his "barnstorming" days, views of the young pilot examining damage to his Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" after crashing in 1923, and touring with the Spirit of St. Louis.
