| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-320) and index. |
| Contents |
I will show you what I'm doing here -- If man could learn to fly -- A student who may amount to something -- Isn't he in the crib? -- The chamber of life -- Every act of his is not a fluke -- Men of genius are not tall -- A tiny puff of smoke -- The most interesting place in the world today -- The exploration of this realm is a great new adventure -- The reaction of a man would probably be similar -- Two men sitting on two rocks -- By order of the Fuhrer -- I'll take a rain check -- Not merely a schoolboy hero, but a schoolboy -- For we all know what awaits us -- There is much I do not like that is happening in the world -- The tissues, the blood, and the mind of man -- The world was never clearer -- The grandeur of his life -- I felt the godlike power -- Only by dying -- No, science has abandoned me -- Epilogue : all of us are following. |
| Summary |
He was one of the most famous men of the twentieth century, but for all the attention lavished on Charles Lindbergh, one story has remained untold until now : his macabre scientific collaboration with Dr. Alexis Carrel. Together this oddest of couples--one a brilliant surgeon turned social engineer, the other a failed dirt farmer turned hero of the skies--embarked on a secret quest to achieve immortality. |
| Subject |
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.
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Carrel, Alexis, 1873-1944.
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Immortality.
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Life spans (Biology) -- Research.
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Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Research.
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Medical technology -- Research -- United States.
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Medical technology -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
9780060528157 |
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006052815X |
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