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[[Image:Lindbergh.jpg‎ |right|250px|thumb|Charles Lindbergh]]

[[Image:Lindbergh.jpg‎ |right|250px|thumb|Charles Lindbergh]]

'''Charles Lindbergh''' (1902-1974) was an aviation pioneer.  In 1927 he became the first to fly solo, non-stop, from [[New York]] to [[Paris]]. This feat created a sensation and he was welcomed by enormous crowds in France and, on his return, in New York. He was known as "Lucky Lindy" and inspired a dance, the "Lindy Hop."

'''Charles Lindbergh''' (1902-1974) was an aviation pioneer.  In 1927 he became the first to fly solo, non-stop, from [[New York]] to [[Paris]]. This feat created a sensation and he was welcomed by enormous crowds in France and, on his return, in New York. He was a hero to conservatives, and became the most well known opponent of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s foreign policy in the late 1930s.

==The flight==

==The flight==

Lindbergh was bold in using a single-engine plane and in flying solo. He argued that aircraft engines were now reliable enough to be counted on, and that the loss of a single engine in a multi-engine aircraft would be so serious that having several engines increased, rather than reduced, the risk. Bolder, perhaps, was his decision to fly alone, meaning that he needed to remain awake for 33 hours.  

Lindbergh was bold in using a single-engine plane and in flying solo. He argued that aircraft engines were now reliable enough to be counted on, and that the loss of a single engine in a multi-engine aircraft would be so serious that having several engines increased, rather than reduced, the risk. Bolder, perhaps, was his decision to fly alone, meaning that he needed to remain awake for 33 hours.  

Lindbergh's years in the public spotlight illustrate the power of the press to shape images of celebrities to suit its own agendas. Between 1927 and the late 1930s, the mainstream media depicted Lindbergh as rising above the hazards of celebrity. Lindbergh's rude behavior in front of crowds and even in dealing with the press was dismissed as a need for privacy. This image reflected the middle-class ideal of true success. Tabloids pioneered an alternative version of Lindbergh as a boorish, ungrateful cad. The dominant media adopted this critical image after Lindbergh returned to the United States and advocated isolationism at a time when the dominant media supported Roosevelt's interventionism. Lindbergh had become a pariah, but his ideas had not changed since the 1920s. What had changed was his usefulness to the media.<ref>Charles L. Ponce De Leon, "The Man Nobody Knows: Charles A. Lindbergh and the Culture of Celebrity." ''Prospects'' 1996 21: 347-372. </ref>   

Lindbergh's years in the public spotlight illustrate the power of the press to shape images of celebrities to suit its own agendas. Between 1927 and the late 1930s, the mainstream media depicted Lindbergh as rising above the hazards of celebrity. Lindbergh's rude behavior in front of crowds and even in dealing with the press was dismissed as a need for privacy. This image reflected the middle-class ideal of true success. Tabloids pioneered an alternative version of Lindbergh as a boorish, ungrateful cad. The dominant media adopted this critical image after Lindbergh returned to the United States and advocated isolationism at a time when the dominant media supported Roosevelt's interventionism. Lindbergh had become a pariah, but his ideas had not changed since the 1920s. What had changed was his usefulness to the media.<ref>Charles L. Ponce De Leon, "The Man Nobody Knows: Charles A. Lindbergh and the Culture of Celebrity." ''Prospects'' 1996 21: 347-372. </ref>   

==Kidnapping==

==Kidnapping==

In 1929 Lindbergh married Anne Morrow (1906-2001), daughter of a wealthy diplomat; they had six children and she became a famous author in her own right. In 1932 their first son was kidnapped, and killed, by Bruno Richard Hauptmann. He went on trial in 1935. Although treated as a social event by some, and as a carnival by others, the trial did bring out concrete evidence which proved Hauptmann's guilt.  

In 1929 Lindbergh married Anne Morrow (1906-2001), daughter of a wealthy diplomat; they had six children and she became a famous author in her own right. In 1932 their first son was kidnapped, and killed, by Bruno Richard Hauptmann. He went on trial in 1935. Although treated as a social event by some, and as a carnival by others, the trial did bring out concrete evidence which proved Hauptmann's guilt.  

* Berg, A. Scott. ''Lindbergh'' (1999), the best biography [http://www.amazon.com/Lindbergh-Scott-Berg/dp/0425170411/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229819245&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]

* Berg, A. Scott. ''Lindbergh'' (1999), the best biography [http://www.amazon.com/Lindbergh-Scott-Berg/dp/0425170411/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229819245&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]

* Cole,  Wayne S. '' Charles A. Lindbergh and the Battle Against American Intervention in World War II'' (1974) 298pp

* Cole,  Wayne S. '' Charles A. Lindbergh and the Battle Against American Intervention in World War II'' (1974) 298pp

* Milton, Joyce. ''Loss of Eden: A Biography of Charles and Anne

* Milton, Joyce. ''Loss of Eden: A Biography of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.'' (1993). 520 pp.

Morrow Lindbergh.'' (1993). 520 pp.

* Mosely, Leonard. ''Lindbergh: A Biography'' (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/Lindbergh-Biography-Leonard-Mosley/dp/0486409643/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229819245&sr=8-2 excerpt and text search]

* Mosely, Leonard. ''Lindbergh: A Biography'' (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/Lindbergh-Biography-Leonard-Mosley/dp/0486409643/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229819245&sr=8-2 excerpt and text search]

* Ward, John William. "The Meaning of Lindbergh's Flight," ''American Quarterly'' 10, no. 1 (Spring 1958) pp 3-16 [http://www.h-net.org/~hst203/readings/ward.html online]

* Ward, John William. "The Meaning of Lindbergh's Flight," ''American Quarterly'' 10, no. 1 (Spring 1958) pp 3-16 [http://www.h-net.org/~hst203/readings/ward.html online]