History of the United States II / Unit 9 USH2 1209 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Lindbergh
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The idea
On May twenty-first, nineteen twenty-seven, Charles Lindbergh completed the first nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris, the Yawp says.
In practice
The Spirit of St. Louis crossing the Atlantic in thirty-three hours.
Where people slip
The Yawp says he carried only a few sandwiches and some bottles of water. Unit twelve meets him again, on the eve of another war.
Your place on the trail
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