CHARLES LINDBERGH
OTS Military Leader


March 2006

Compiled by Glenda Armstrong
Bibliographer, Air University Library
Maxwell AFB, AL


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OTS Reserve


The following materials are located on the OTS Reserve Shelf and cannot be checked out.  Photocopy portions from the books you need. Check online catalog for availability of additional copies.

Davis, Kenneth Sydney.  The Hero; Charles A. Lindbergh and the American Dream.  Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1959.  527 p.
Book call no.:  92 L7421da

Davies, R. E. G.  Charles Lindbergh:  An Airman, His Aircraft, and His Great Flights.  McLean, VA, Paladwr Press, 1997.  56 p.
Book Call no.:  92 L7421d

Lindbergh, Charles A.  Autobiography of Values.  New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978.  423 p.
Book Call no.:  92 L7421a

Ulanoff, Stanley M.  Fighter Pilot.  Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1962.  430 p.
See pp 343 "The Lone Eagle Flies Again - Thoughts of a Combat Pilot."
Book call no.:  358.43 U36f


Internet Resources


Charles Lindbergh Home Page.  The Flight | Flight Timeline | Spirit of St. Louis | Spirit Designer | Spirit Reproduction | Spirit Log and more.
Available online:  http://www.charleslindbergh.com/

Charles Lindberg:  The Lone Eagle, P-38 Pilot, American Firster and Conservationist. 
From AcePilots.
Available online:  http://www.acepilots.com/lindbergh.html

Lindbergh.  PBS - The American Experience.  
Available online:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lindbergh/

Lindbergh, Reeve.  The Flyer Charles Lindbergh.  Time 100.  
Available online:  http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/lindbergh01.html


Northrup, Mary.  FAMOUS Scandinavian AmericansCobblestone, May 2003.
Features several famous Scandinavian Americans including Charles Lindbergh, the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Available online:  http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=9668941&db=f5h


Books


These books are in the general collection and may be checked out.

Cole, Wayne S.  Charles A. Lindbergh and the Battle Against American Intervention in World War II.  New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974.  298 p.
Book call no.:  940.5312 C689c

Fraser, Chelsea Curtis.  Famous American Flyers.  New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1942.  380 p.
Book call no.:  926.29 F841f 1942

Gray, Susan M.  Charles A. Lindbergh and the American Dilemma:  The Conflict of Technology and Human Values.  Bowling Green, OH, Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1988.  128 p.
Book call no.:  629.13092 G782c

Hardesty, Von.   Lindbergh:  Flight's Enigmatic Hero.  New York, Harcourt, 2002.  229 p.
Book call no.:  92 L7421ha

Lindbergh, Charles A.  The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh.  New York, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1970.  1038 p.
Book call no.:  92 L7421w


Pisano, Dominick and Van der Linden, F. Robert.  Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis.  Washington, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in association with Harry N. Abrams, 2002.  142 p.
Book call no.:  92 L7421p

Ross, Walter Sanford.  The Last Hero, Charles A. Lindbergh.  New York, Harper & Row, 1976.  400 p.
Book call no.:  92 L7421r

Van Every, Dale and Tracy, Morris De Haven.  Charles Lindbergh, His Life.  New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1927.  235 p.
Book call no.:  92 L7421v

West, James Edward.  The Lone Scout of the Sky; The Story of Charles A. Lindbergh.  Philadelphia, PA, for Boy Scouts of America by the John C. Winston Co., 1928.
Book call no.:  92 L7421wa


Periodicals


Boyne, Walter J.  Lindbergh and the Birth of Air Transport.  Aviation Week & Space Technology 156:51-52+ (supplement insert) May 20, 2002.
Profiles pilot Charles Lindbergh in the U.S. Number of charitable works of Lindbergh; Experience of Lindberg in the aviation industry. 
Also available online:  http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6767981&db=aph

Chua-Eoan, Howard.  The First Across Alone.  Time  161:A8-A9 (Special insert) March 31, 2003.
Photo on May 21, 1927, the arrival of the Spirit of St. Louis in Paris. Prize won by Charles Lindbergh for the transatlantic flight, which started in California and went on to New York.
Also available online:  http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=9348568&db=aph

Conaway, John B.  Was Lindbergh Wrong?  TAC Attack 28:4-7, July 1988.

Fredette, Raymond H.  The Making of a Hero:  What Really Happened Seventy-Five Years Ago, After Lindbergh Landed at Le BourgetAir Power History 49:4-19 Summer 2002.
Details the experience of pilot Charles Lindbergh after landing at the Le Bourget airport in Paris, France. Details on the suspenseful flight of Lindbergh from New York to Paris.
Also available online:  http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6724551&db=aph

Fredette, Raymond H.  In Pursuit of Charles LindberghAir Power History 46:30-43, Summer 1999.

Hartung, August W.  He Flew Alone (Charles Lindbergh)Flying Safety 44:14-18, November 1988.

Weeks, Thomas M.  'Lone Eagle' Charles A. Lindbergh - An Aviation HeroJournal of Aircraft 38:385, May/June 2002.
Commemorates the 75th anniversary of the first nonstop flight from New York State to Paris, France by Charles A. Lindbergh. Details of the event; Description of the Spirit of Saint Louis plane used in the flight; Preparation made by Lindbergh for the flight.

Wilford, John Noble.  Man and Craft Were One, As a New Age BeganNew York Times p.F1, Op, May 21, 2002.
Focuses on the Spirit of St. Louis airplane that hangs in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. History of the airplane, which was used by pilot Charles Lindbergh to travel across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe.  Details of Lindbergh's flight and its historical significance.


Videos


Videos are located near the exit gate in the Reference areas.  They may be checked out.

"Are There any Mechanics Here?"  Charles Lindbergh and the New York to Paris Flight. 
Thousand Oaks, CA, Goldhil Video, 1996.  1 videocassette (90 min.)
Video call no.:  629.1309 A678

Weyrich, Steve and Pell, Gene.  Legends of Airpower.  Arlington, VA, 3 Roads Communications, 2001.  3 videocassettes (6 hours).
Video call no.:  629.13092 L5112


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