CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| I.— | Boyhood and Early Flights | [ 19] |
| II.— | My First Plane | [ 39] |
| III.— | Barnstorming Experience | [ 63] |
| IV.— | Heading South | [ 84] |
| V.— | Training at Brooks Field | [ 104] |
| VI.— | Receiving a Pilot’s Wings | [ 126] |
| VII.— | I Join the Air Mail | [ 153] |
| VIII.— | Two Emergency Jumps | [ 175] |
| IX.— | San Diego—St. Louis—New York | [ 198] |
| X.— | New York to Paris | [ 213] |
| Publisher’s Note | [ 231] | |
| Author’s Note | [ 232] | |
| A LITTLE OF WHAT THE WORLD THOUGHT OF LINDBERGH | ||
| By FITZHUGH GREEN | ||
| I.— | Paris | [233] |
| II.— | Brussels | [248] |
| III.— | London | [254] |
| IV.— | Washington | [265] |
| V.— | New York | [297] |
| VI.— | St. Louis | [315] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| FACING PAGE | |
| “WE” | [ Frontispiece] |
| Father and Son | [ 20] |
| Instructor and Classmates in a Mid-westernMilitary School | [ 21] |
| Shipping “The Spirit of St. Louis” | [ 32] |
| The Men who Made the Plane | [ 33] |
| Financial Backers of the Non-stop New York toParis Flight | [ 50] |
| Fuselage Frame of the Plane | [ 51] |
| Working on Navigation Charts for Flight | [ 66] |
| Instrument Board of the Plane | [ 67] |
| “We” Make a Test Flight | [ 82] |
| Patsy, the Mascot | [ 83] |
| Police Guarding “The Spirit of St. Louis” | [ 98] |
| Captain René Fonck Wishes Me the Best ofLuck | [ 99] |
| Getting Ready for the Take-off | [ 114] |
| Just Before Starting on the Big Adventure | [ 115] |
| “I Didn’t Use my Periscope All the Time” | [ 118] |
| A Salutation from M. Bleriot | [ 119] |
| Paul Painlevé Extends his Welcome | [ 126] |
| With M. Doumerque and Ambassador Herrick | [ 127] |
| Crowds at the City Hall | [ 130] |
| Guests at the Luncheon of M. Bleriot | [ 131] |
| On the Steps of the Embassy | [ 146] |
| The Welcome at Croyden Field | [ 147] |
| With Crown Prince Leopold | [ 162] |
| With H. R. H. the Prince of Wales and LordLonsdale | [ 163] |
| Crowds Pressing Around “The Spirit of St.Louis” as the Plane Landed | [ 178] |
| “At Croyden Field I Escaped to the Top of theObservation Tower Overlooking the Crowd” | [ 179] |
| The U. S. S. “Memphis,” Flagship, on which theAuthor Returned to America | [ 194] |
| Coming Down the Gangplank of the U. S. S.“Memphis” | [ 195] |
| Charles Evans Hughes Confers the Cross ofHonor | [ 210] |
| At the Tomb of “The Unknown Soldier” | [ 211] |
| Speeches at Washington Monument | [ 226] |
| From the Top of Washington Monument | [ 227] |
| At Arlington Cemetery | [ 234] |
| The $25,000 Check Presented by Raymond Orteig | [ 235] |
| Receiving the Orteig Prize Medal | [ 235] |
| Welcome in New York Harbor | [ 242] |
| Riding up Broadway | [ 243] |
| New York City’s Welcome | [ 258] |
| A June Snowstorm | [ 259] |
| The Parade Passing Through Central Park | [ 274] |
| The Parade in Central Park | [ 275] |
| Speaking at the Ceremonies in Central Park | [ 290] |
| Speaking at the Ceremonies in Prospect Park | [ 291] |
| “The Spirit of St. Louis” After her Return | [ 306] |
| After the Flight to Washington | [ 307] |
| St. Louis’ Welcome | [ 314] |
| My Mother | [ 315] |
“WE”
I
BOYHOOD AND EARLY FLIGHTS
I WAS born in Detroit, Michigan, on February 4, 1902. My father was practicing law in Little Falls, Minnesota, at the time. When I was less than two months old my parents took me to their farm, on the western banks of the Mississippi River two miles south of Little Falls.
My father, Charles A. Lindbergh, was born in Stockholm, Sweden, January 20, 1860, the son of Ola and Louisa Manson. His father (who changed his name to Lindbergh after reaching America) was a member of the Swedish Parliament and had at one time been Secretary to the King.
About 1860 my grandfather with his family embarked on a ship bound for America, and settled near Sauk Center, Minnesota, where he took up a homestead and built his first home in America—a log cabin. It was here that my father spent his early life.
The Rev. C. S. Harrison, writing for the Minnesota Historical Society, gives an account of the activities of my grandfather during the early days in Minnesota.