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Charles Lindberghs Alleinflug von New York nach Paris erregte die Phantasien einer nach Helden lechzenden Nachkriegsgeneration und sicherte dem 25jährigen Piloten aus Minnesota eine hohe Stellung im kollektiven amerikanischen Gedächtnis. A. Scott Bergs umfassende neue Biographie über den Flieger offenbart, daß Lindbergh -- trotz einer Öffentlichkeit, die bis zu seinem Tod 1974 jeden seiner Schritte begleitete -- ein äußerst privater Mensch geblieben war.

Lindbergh, der Sohn von Eltern, die nicht zueinander paßten und sich trennten als er sechs Jahre alt war, war schrecklich schüchtern und emotional extrem zurückhaltend. "Die Fliegerei schaffte eine Gemeinschaft von flüchtigen Bekanntschaften... in der er sich wohl fühlte", schreibt Berg mit seiner charakteristischen Einfühlsamkeit.

Lindberghs Frau, die Schriftstellerin Anne Morrow Lindbergh, gewährte Berg unbegrenzten Zutritt zu ihren umfangreichen persönlichen Papieren und denen ihres Mannes, und er hat reichlich Gebrauch davon gemacht, um das Verhältnis der Eheleute zueinander und ihre Aktivitäten einzuschätzen. Die wahrscheinlich überraschendste Enthüllung ist eine kurze aber offene Diskussion über Annes Verhältnis zu einem Arzt aus New Jersey in den späten fünfziger Jahren, welches half, ihr Bedürfnis nach emotionaler Nähe und Austausch zu befriedigen, was ihr verschlossener Mann unerträglich fand. (Während der schrecklichen Tage 1932, als ihr 20 Monate alter Sohn entführt und schließlich ermordet wurde habe sie Charles nicht einmal weinen sehen, schreibt Berg.)

Die Biographie beschreibt umfassend alle Aspekte von Lindberghs Karriere, inklusive seines energischen Drängens, daß sich Amerika aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg heraushalten solle. Berg widerlegt Beschuldigungen, wonach Lindbergh ein Nazi oder ein Verräter gewesen sein soll. Er kritisiert aber zu Recht den in einigen seiner Reden latenten Antisemitismus.

Mit diesem Buch ist es Berg gelungen, Lindberghs faszinierendes Leben darzustellen und dessen historische Wirkung zu beurteilen. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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Charles Lindbergh's solo flight from New York to Paris captured the imagination of a post-war generation hungry for heroes, and cemented an exalted spot for the 25-year-old pilot from Minnesota in the collective American imagination. A. Scott Berg's thorough new biography of the aviator suggests that, despite the public scrutiny that accompanied his every move until his death in 1974, Lindbergh remained an intensely private man. The son of ill-matched parents who separated when he was 6, he was painfully shy and emotionally guarded. "Aviation created a brotherhood of casual acquaintances...in which he felt comfortable," writes Berg, with characteristic perceptiveness.

Lindbergh's wife, the writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh, gave Berg unrestricted access to her husband's and her own voluminous personal papers--and he made good use of them to assess both the couple's relationship and their activities. Probably the most startling revelation is a brief but candid discussion of Anne's affair in the late 1950s with a New Jersey doctor, which helped assuage her need to vent emotions in a way her buttoned-up husband found insupportable. (During the horrendous days in 1932 when their 20-month-old son was kidnapped and killed, Berg notes, she never once saw Charles cry.) The biography is solid on all aspects of Lindbergh's career, including his notorious urging that America stay out of the second world war; Berg rebuts charges that Lindbergh was a Nazi or a traitor, but rightly criticizes the anti-Semitism latent in some of his speeches. With this book, Berg succeeds in surveying Lindbergh's fascinating life and assessing its historic impact. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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More than just a flight... 20. Juni 2000

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A simply amazing book. Only being 30, I missed the hubub around Lindbergh during his lifetime. My only recollection of the man was that he was the first to fly across the Atlantic. What a surprise it was to find that the Atlantic flight was only a small part of an incredible man. Those that grew up in Lindbergh's time are likely to learn things about him that were glossed over or misunderstood by the media. Those like me are going to come to realization that C.A.L. was one of the greatest Americans to ever live.

Scott Berg does a tremendous job with what I consider to be the best biography I've ever read.

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Hero or Villian? 19. Juni 2000

Von Dana Keish

As a teenager, I admired Charles Lindbergh for his heroic accomplishments, knowing only of his solo voyage across the Atlantic. When I read this biography, I was surprised to find that the man I had thought so heroic was instead deeply flawed. His association with the Nazi party during the thirties and his work with the America First party is hard to believe. Perhaps in retrospect it is always easy to identify evil. Many accomplished people during the thirties were taken in by Hitler. Even more revealing is the story of his marriage. Again, I had always thought of his relationship with Anne Morrow as a fairy tale, a joining of two soulmates. Yet the misery that Anne experienced during her marriage was heartbreaking. She was able in her later years to live as she pleased but gave up so much to try to win the affection of a man totally incapable of showing his feelings. The author did an excellent job of detailing Lindbergh's life in a vivid and interesting manner. I found his writing style flowed easily and he never tried to gloss over the unpleasant periods in Lindbergh's life but instead explained them in the context of the time and the background of Lindbergh.

Terrific Biography of the Whole Man 18. April 2000

Von Steven K. Szmutko

Charles Lindbergh went from obscurity to immortality within the space of several days. His name ranks alongside Columbus and Neil Armstrong to name but two. Yet, his famous flight was but a small part of a fascinating life, whose climax was realized in the early chapters. For the rest of his life, Lindbergh seemed to be searching for his own depth of meaning.

Mr. Berg provides a deft portrait of the man, his virtues and vices, his strengths and shortcomings, in an engaging prose that reads like a finely crafted novel.

I read (and still re-read portions of) Lindbergh's own "Spirit of St. Louis" which is a marvelous book in its own right. As a biography, Mr. Berg's book, fleshes out Lindbergh's life, especially his later years, with remarkable insight and clarity. I recommend it highly.