Flight: The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh

When he touched down in Paris after more than thirty hours in the air, he became the first person to complete a nonstop flight across the Atlantic . . . and an instantaneous star, adored the world over.  But that was only the first leg of his complicated journey.  Following Charles Lindbergh during fourteen perilous years of his life — from the journey to Paris through the kidnapping of his son and up to the beginning of World War II — Flight is a rich examination of a singular American life.