HOUR OF GOLD, HOUR OF LEAD : Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1929 - 1932
by Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
New York, NY: Helen & Kurt Wolff Book/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/Near New. 1973 First Edition, First Thus. Gilt embossed dark blue linen boards/VG; w/light rubs to corner tips & upper/lower spine edges. DJ/None. End papers carry a hand written letter. Compilation of journal entries & letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1907 - 2001), poet and wife to aviator & writer, 1953 Pulitzer winner Charles Lindbergh (1902- 1974). An autobiography based on letters & diaries, supported by photographs. The author wrote countless letters to her family "partly to reassure" and in that spirit, did withhold the more hazardous experiences. This collection precedes North to Orient by two years, and in re-reading them, Anne Morrow Lindbergh did re-live moments she knew. Fine copy less dust jacket.
Synopsis
Anne Morrow Lindbergh writes of the early years of her marriage to Charles Lindbergh, their pioneering flying adventures, and the tragic kidnapping of their first child. "A story of happiness, daring and sorrow...This book is an awakening of a gallant, sensitive, and expressive woman" (Atlantic). Introduction by the Author; Index; photographs. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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- Title
- HOUR OF GOLD, HOUR OF LEAD : Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1929 - 1932
- Author
- Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- Helen & Kurt Wolff Book/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Journals/Diariesl/Letters/Autobiography/Memoirs
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- Autobiography; Journal/Diary;
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