Kameron Morris
Survey of Late U.S. History
March 28, 2017 Charles Lindbergh was born on February 4, 1902 in Detroit, Michigan. Charles first became famous when he completed a non-stop trip from New York to Paris, France by himself. Charles’s life was in the spotlight for most his life after that. However, this fame not only bought Charles a lot positive publicity, but also a lot of negative publicity as well. This fame strongly influenced his life and the American’s response to individualistic characteristics in people. Before Charles’s big break, Charles was raised on a farm in Minnesota and initially studied mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin before he decided to take up flying and learning about aircrafts. Charles made …show more content…
After his big break, Charles spent much of his time traveling, giving speeches, and promoting aviation around the country. Charles also wrote a book about his famous trip to Paris which he titled “We” and shortly became a best-seller. Charles was known internationally as either “Lucky Lindy” or “The Lone Eagle.” Charles met his wife, Anne Morrow, during one of his trips to Mexico, married her in 1929, and taught her to fly soon after. With Anne’s help, Charles charted several routes for air travel around the world, exploring as they went. However, Charles was soon tired of being the star of the show and sought solace in his estate in New Jersey, where he and Anne began starting their family with their first-born son. By this time in his life, Charles was well-known throughout the world as a successful and famous man. Because of this, Charles’s son was kidnapped and held for ransom when he was nearly two years old. Unfortunately, the Lindbergh’s could not meet the amount that was demanded by the kidnappers and paid what they could only to later find their young son dead in the woods near their home a few weeks later. This traumatic event became widely spread news across the country, adding to the turmoil and grief the Lindbergh’s were already trying desperately to deal
Survey of Late U.S. History
March 28, 2017 Charles Lindbergh was born on February 4, 1902 in Detroit, Michigan. Charles first became famous when he completed a non-stop trip from New York to Paris, France by himself. Charles’s life was in the spotlight for most his life after that. However, this fame not only bought Charles a lot positive publicity, but also a lot of negative publicity as well. This fame strongly influenced his life and the American’s response to individualistic characteristics in people. Before Charles’s big break, Charles was raised on a farm in Minnesota and initially studied mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin before he decided to take up flying and learning about aircrafts. Charles made …show more content…
After his big break, Charles spent much of his time traveling, giving speeches, and promoting aviation around the country. Charles also wrote a book about his famous trip to Paris which he titled “We” and shortly became a best-seller. Charles was known internationally as either “Lucky Lindy” or “The Lone Eagle.” Charles met his wife, Anne Morrow, during one of his trips to Mexico, married her in 1929, and taught her to fly soon after. With Anne’s help, Charles charted several routes for air travel around the world, exploring as they went. However, Charles was soon tired of being the star of the show and sought solace in his estate in New Jersey, where he and Anne began starting their family with their first-born son. By this time in his life, Charles was well-known throughout the world as a successful and famous man. Because of this, Charles’s son was kidnapped and held for ransom when he was nearly two years old. Unfortunately, the Lindbergh’s could not meet the amount that was demanded by the kidnappers and paid what they could only to later find their young son dead in the woods near their home a few weeks later. This traumatic event became widely spread news across the country, adding to the turmoil and grief the Lindbergh’s were already trying desperately to deal