Word: lindberghism
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...Anne Morrow Lindbergh...
These entries from 1939 to 1944 express more than mere temperament; they reveal a whole epoch. The fifth volume of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's confidential writings starts with the dawn of war in Europe, "like the morning after a death," and continues to another death, that of the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery. "I am sad," she notes, "that he never forgave us for our stand...
Their stand was contra American intervention in the war, and it is remarkable that the author makes no attempt to cosmetize her own bewildered views or the hard-line isolationism of her husband. As the diaries proceed from tragedy toward peace, Charles Lindbergh falls from legend to scapegrace, a favorite target of the Roosevelt Administration. The derision was painful and somewhat undeserved. In her convincing presentation, Charles' speeches against intervention no longer seem hysterical screeds, but misguided attempts to warn the country of its own weak defenses. And his harsh, almost mystical withdrawal from public life is sensitively shown...
...Within and Without, Lindbergh...
Freshmen in my day had to engage in something athletic. I didn't like that much, being a non-athlete, so I settled for handball in the winter and rowing a wherry on the Charles in the spring. By the time Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic in May, 1927, I was facing final exams with a feeling of assurance that I would make it and someday graduate. I was so relaxed that I even consented to go with a bunch of boys to the old Howard that night. That old burlesque house no longer stands in Scollay Square...