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Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh, The
Candace Fleming
Ages: 14+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade/Random House Children's Books/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-525-64654-9
Keywords: Racism; Anti-Semitism; Aeronautics; Airplanes
This unflinching account of the pilot's life includes his solo flight from New York to Paris, his son's kidnapping, and his embrace of eugenics and Nazism. Bibliography, source notes, and index.