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Article: "WE".(Book review)
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- Aviation History
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- November 1, 2009
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"WE" by Charles A. Lindbergh
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With the smiling humility that he personified following his solo flight across the Atlantic in May 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh shared the honors of his great feat with the airplane that carried him through thick and thin. That's what "We" is all about.
This book is in two parts: The first three-quarters, in Lindbergh's own words, reflect on the 20 years before he began flying in earnest, through his barnstorming and marl-carrying days and his solo transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. The final quarter reflects his subsequent accolades, a section penned by another writer, since Lindbergh ...