description: Autobiography of Lindbergh's historic adventure piloting his single-engine plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, from New York to Paris on the first nonstop flight over the Atlantic Ocean in May 1927. "It was in this book, written over a period of seventeen years, that he tried to represent as accurately as he possibly could both the story and the meaning of his 1927 flight. In doing this, inevitably, he also told the reader who he was."--Reeve Lindbergh, "Introduction"
language: English
title: The Spirit of St. Louis
titlecomplete: The Spirit of St. Louis (Borealis Book S.)
characters: Charles Lindbergh
genres: Biography, Adventure, Memoir, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Classics, Travel, Biography Memoir, Aviation, History
ratings_count: 1470
awards: awardedAt: -504892800000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Biography or Autobiography
publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Pr