America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation

by Joshua Kendall

Book Overview

When most of us think of Charles Lindbergh, we picture a dashing twenty-five-year-old aviator stepping out of the Spirit of St. Louis after completing his solo flight across the Atlantic. What we don't see is the awkward high school student, who preferred ogling new gadgets at the hardware store to watching girls walk by in their summer dresses. Sure, Lindbergh's unique mindset invented the pre-flight checklist, but his obsession with order also led...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1455502383
• ISBN13: 9781455502387
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"