Pulitzer Prize Biography Winner

Lindbergh

by A. Scott Berg

Summary

A. Scott Berg recounts the life of Charles Lindbergh, who became a global hero after his solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927. The biography follows his fame, the kidnapping and murder of his infant son, his controversial isolationist politics before World War II, and his later conservation work. Berg presents a complicated figure whose celebrity carried both triumph and tragedy.

Historical Context & Significance

Berg was granted exclusive access to Lindbergh's papers by his widow Anne Morrow Lindbergh for this authorized biography, which won the 1999 Pulitzer.