Charles
A.
Lindbergh
Born:
02/04/1902
Detroit
Died: 08/26/1974
Parents: Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Evangeline Lindbergh
Children: Charles, Jon, Land, Anne, Reeve, Scott
Died: 08/26/1974
Parents: Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Evangeline Lindbergh
Children: Charles, Jon, Land, Anne, Reeve, Scott
Writings
| Image | Title | Genre | Audience | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autobiography of Values | Biography | Adult | Harcourt | 1978 | |
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Banana River - Part of Autobiography of Values |
Non Fiction | Adult | New York : Harcourt | 1977 | |
| Boyhood on the Upper Mississippi: A Reminiscent Letter | Biography | Adult | St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society | 1972 | |
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The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh - Includes Willow Run, Michigan |
Non Fiction, Michigan | Adult | New York : Harcourt | 1970 | |
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The Spirit of St. Louis - Book-of-the-Month Club |
Non Fiction | Adult | New York: Scribner | 1953 | |
| Radio Speeches of Charles A. Lindbergh: 1939-1940 | Non Fiction, History | Adult | New York: Scribner's Commentator | 1939-1940 | |
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Culture of Organs - With Alexis Carrel. the story of the work they had begun on an "artificial heart" -- a perfusion pump to keep organs alive outside the body by providing them with necessary blood and air. By 1935 Lindbergh and Carrel had perfected the perfusion pump. |
Non Fiction | Adult | New York : Harper | 1938 | |
| We : the flyer's own story of his life and his transatlantic flight, together with his views on the future of aviation | Biography | Adult | New York: Putnam | 1927 |
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Skills:
Author
Awards:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Pulitzer Prize in Biography | 1954 |
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Master of Science, Princeton University - Honorary |
1931 |
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Doctor of Laws, Northwestern University, University of Wisconsin - Honorary |
1928 |
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Master of Aeronautics, New York University - Honorary |
1928 |
| - Many awards for flying from the United States, foreign countries. |
Inclusion in biographical or critical works:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Something about the Author, volume(s) 33 | 1984 |
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Contemporary Authors - Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 93-96 (1980) Contemporary Authors - Obituary, volume(s) 53-56 (1975) Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volume(s) 16, 80 |
1975-2000 |
| American Authors and Books | |
| Current Biography | |
| Encyclopedia of American Biography | |
| International Who's Who | |
| Reader's Encyclopedia | |
| Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature | |
| Who Was Who in America | |
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Who's Who - Several different editions |
Education:
| Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| U. S. Army Flying School | San Antonio, TX | 1924 | |
| - Flying school | Nebraska Aircraft Corporation | 1922 | |
| University of Wisconsin | 1920-1922 |
Career:
| Position | Organization | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consultant and writer | 1944-1974 | ||
| Consultant | United Aircraft Corporation | 1943-1944 | |
| Consultant | Ford Motor Company and U.S. War Department | Detroit | 1939-1944 |
| Researcher-inventor | France | 1935-1939 | |
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Inventor, designer - Lindbergh helped design the monoplane, built by Ryan Airlines, Inc. of San Diego, in which he would make his solo attempt. The plane was named the Spirit of St. Louis. |
Rockefeller Institute | 1930-1935 | |
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Solo Pilot - Celebrated flight, New York-Paris |
1927 | ||
| Goodwill ambassador | 1927-1928 | ||
| Airmail pilot between Chicago and St. Louis | 1926 | ||
| Stunt flier, mechanic, barnstormer | 1922-1924 | ||
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Conservationist - helping save whales from extinction |
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U.S. Army Air Service Reserve - 1924-1941, 1954-1974 |
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