Scott Berg's "Lindbergh" (Putnam), an 800-page biography done with the Lindbergh family's cooperation, portrays Lindbergh as an emotionally remote man who insisted that his wife cry in private after the death of theirįirst son and who ignored his wife for much of their marriage. There are two new books on Lindbergh, who became one of the century's greatest heroes when he flew the Atlantic solo in 1927:Ī. By golly, that would be the way to do it." Lindbergh, in town from Vermont, in comfortable clogs, a long, flowered skirt and a pink cotton sweater, who, if her father was cool, mother reserved, reflects neither of either. Is it possible Charles Lindbergh took to the air because it was the only way he could get away from mom?Ī delighted howl from Ms. Thus, it seems reasonable to pose a question to Reeve Lindbergh, the flier's daughter. Reeve Lindbergh, a daughter of the aviator and a recent memoirist. Reeve Lindbergh: A Daughter's Life of Reflected Glory and Pain By JOYCE WADLERĮW YORK - The mother of Charles Lindbergh, his biographers have noted, was one of those omnipresent moms: Separated from Lindbergh's father when Lindbergh was 2, sheĪccompanied her son to college, and hovered so close to him that at 25 the man who would be the world's most famous aviator had never had a date.Ĭredit: Librado Romero/ The New York Times Reeve Lindbergh: A Daughter's Life of Reflected Glory and Pain
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