The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-24
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NTORTH to the Orient" a book that was
~ Page One news on the day it was pub
lished simply because its author happens to be
Anne Morrow Lindbergh is distinctly a volume
that can stand on its own feet in any company.
For the wife of the worlds most famous
flier has written a gem in travel literature.
There is everything one can wish for in North
to the Orient" Harcourt, Brace; s25O)-candor,
humor, sincerity, simplicity and, above all, ad
venture
Mrs Lindbergh writes very well indeed. She
makes no attempt to pose or over-write. What
she does is simply tell what happened, what she
saw, and how it struck her. And above all
shines the fact that Anne Lindbergh has a
feeling for words that makes great writer's.
She brings to life the little episodes Of the
historic Lindbergh flight across Canada, into
Alaska, and down to Japan and China; she
pictures the life of those far-away civilizations
so perfectly that it is as if she had produced a
Photographic volume.
TIP into Canada flew the Lindberghs to meet
- there the cautious advice of airmen
familiar with the Far North
Now this jump here, sr-I wouldn't take
my wife over that"
you must remember" answered the intrepid
Col Lndbergh, that she is the crew"
And there almost in the proverbial nutshell
YOU have the story of the flying Lindberghs,
really gallant pair; a couple with humor and
courage and the comradeship of true married
life
And COL Lindbergh, his wife deity discloses
in this charming volume, has a keenly de-
veloped sense of humor She tells of several
incidents but one of the funniest concerns the
time the Japanese naval officer, inviting them
over to his shop for coffee, said:
you. ah-ah-ah-have cohee?"
The colonel misunderstood ana graYey hand
ed the officer soggy cookie.
81 offered it to be polite" he explained to
his wife And I thought it might suggest
breakfast"
MOT humorous but tensely exciting are the
descriptions of the hops over the desolate
Far Northern stretches, the territory which
proved so tragic for Will Rogers and Wiley Post.
Mrs Lindbergh's powers as an author come
to a head in her description OF the flight toward
Nome the gasoline supply dwindling, Jog ahead,
NIGHT coming on. The reader actually gets the
sensation of sitting in the cockpit at the radlo
set as Radio Operator Anne Lindbergh tries
endlessly to contact some station, any station
What time does it get dark at Nome?"
Repeatedly over the air waves goes that al
most plaintive appeal.
"KHCAL WXY NRUL WAY
What time does it get dark at Nome?"
And then the answer: Men are going TO
put flares on Nome River"
Almost at that moment comes the cry from
the commander-in chief:
Hurry up Going to land!"
Perhaps that tells you just what kind of a
book is this story Of Anne Lindberghs. 1t is
an honest, straight forward account of a grand
adventure Col. Lindbergh himself designed the
maps which trace the whole course of that
epic flight to the Orient and in addition smaller
detailed maps of particular sections. The maps
are invaluable in understanding the scenes and
the episodes.
It's an A-No l book the best travel
book in moons.
You'll never regret moment on it. In fact
you'll cheer
Harcourt Brace & Co., 1888 Madison-av, New
York City.