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Lindbergh is a 1998 biography of Charles Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg. The book became a New York Times Best Seller [ 1 ] and received the Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography.
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for 33.5 hours.
Reeve's other Lindbergh siblings include aquanaut Jon Lindbergh (1932–2021), Land Morrow Lindbergh (born 1937), writer Anne Spencer Lindbergh (1940–1993), and conservationist Scott Lindbergh (born 1942), who raised rare monkeys in France. [12] Reeve discovered later in life that her father had three other families in Germany and Switzerland ...
Anne Spencer Lindbergh (October 2, 1940 – December 10, 1993) [1] was an American writer, primarily of children's novels. [2] She was the daughter of aviators/authors Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh .
Lindbergh inspired songs like “Lindbergh (The Eagle of the U.S.A.)” and “Lucky Lindy,” and may have even inspired a popular dance (the "Lindy Hop," though the origin is disputed).
She married zoologist Scott Lindbergh, [2] son of aviator Charles Lindbergh, in 1968. [1] In 1972, Lindbergh and Watteau established a grant-funded primate research center on an 82-acre estate in the Dordogne valley in France, where they raised and studied dozens of South American monkeys. [11] Watteau and Lindbergh separated in 1983. [2]
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Lindbergh was born on August 16, 1932, five months after the kidnapping and death of his older brother, Charles Lindbergh Jr. [1] Jon's parents had discovered the name "Jon" in a book about Scandinavian history. [2] [3] During his mother's pregnancy with him, his parents received large numbers of letters and phone calls threatening his life. [4]