The Lindbergh Syndrome: Heroes and Celebrities in a New Gilded Age
by Robert Lockwood Mills
Category: Social Science

Why was Charles Lindbergh, a hero in the eyes of the author because of transatlantic flight and his self-effacing nature, turned into a celebrity in spite of his wish to return to private life? In seeking to answer this question the author looks at it as a general phenomenon that recurs throughout American history. Drawing a strict demarcation betw