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[Lindbergh, Charles. (1902–1974)]. Lindbergh (The Eagle of the U.S.A.) - Original Sheet Music. New York: Shapiro, Bernstein, and co.. 1927.
Original sheet music to a popular song celebrating Charles Lindbergh's 1927 accomplishment, the first solo transatlantic flight and the first non-stop flight between North America and Europe. Music and lyrics by Howard Johnson & Al Sherman. Cover features a photograph of Lindbergh with the Spirit of St. Louis. 5 pp. Light toning; overall fine. 9 x 12 inches.
At age 25 in 1927, Lindbergh went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize–making a nonstop flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris. He covered the 33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600 statute miles (5,800 km) alone in a single-engine purpose-built Ryan monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis. This was the first solo transatlantic flight and the first non-stop flight between North America and mainland Europe. Lindbergh was an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve, and he received the United States' highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for the feat.
[Lindbergh, Charles. (1902–1974)]. Lindbergh (The Eagle of the U.S.A.) - Original Sheet Music. New York: Shapiro, Bernstein, and co.. 1927.
Original sheet music to a popular song celebrating Charles Lindbergh's 1927 accomplishment, the first solo transatlantic flight and the first non-stop flight between North America and Europe. Music and lyrics by Howard Johnson & Al Sherman. Cover features a photograph of Lindbergh with the Spirit of St. Louis. 5 pp. Light toning; overall fine. 9 x 12 inches.
At age 25 in 1927, Lindbergh went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize–making a nonstop flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris. He covered the 33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600 statute miles (5,800 km) alone in a single-engine purpose-built Ryan monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis. This was the first solo transatlantic flight and the first non-stop flight between North America and mainland Europe. Lindbergh was an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve, and he received the United States' highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for the feat.