LINDBERGH, Charles Augustus (1902-1974). A series of four typed letters signed (“Charles A. Lindbergh”), Lloyd Neck, Huntington, New York, 12 April to 7 November 1940, to Earl Findley. 5 pages, 4to, fine, with retained copies of Findley’s outgoing correspondence to Lindbergh.
LINDBERGH, Charles Augustus (1902-1974). A series of four typed letters signed (“Charles A. Lindbergh”), Lloyd Neck, Huntington, New York, 12 April to 7 November 1940, to Earl Findley. 5 pages, 4to, fine, with retained copies of Findley’s outgoing correspondence to Lindbergh. A superb correspondence discussing why Orville Wright had yet to write a personal account of his invention of the airplane. Lindbergh first broached the subject with Findley in April 1940, unaware that Findley had already attempted such a project on Orville Wright’s behalf in 1915: “Together with many of Orville Wright’s friends, I have hoped that he would someday write, or at least collaborate in writing, a book on his early experiences in aviation. I have discussed this subject with Orville Wright himself and with many people interested in aviation. I gather from my talks with Wright that he hesitates to collaborate with anyone because of difficulty in obtaining sufficient accuracy in fact and shading. Wright gave me to understand that he hoped to eventually write a book himself. If he has not already started this work, however, I am afraid that it may never be completed, and I think it would be a tragedy if he died without leaving a personal record of his experiences and ideas.” Lindbergh closed his letter adding, “Personally, I regard an accurate record of the Wright experience as being of infinitely greater importance than the returning of the Kitty Hawk Plane to the United States. I would like to see the plane brought back and feel that America is its proper home, but I believe that a record by, or in close collaboration with, Orville Wright would be a much more far reaching contribution to the future.” Upon learning that Findlay had actually undertook such a project with Wright, Lindbergh lamented, “it seems extremely unfortunate that a manuscript that you wrote about the Wrights in 1915 should not receive eventual publication.” Later in the year, Lindbergh wrote again, agreeing with Findley’s doubts that Wright would ever set his life onto paper: “I am afraid you are correct when you say that Wright is not likely to write a book himself. I have talked to him several times about it without meeting with any success. He once told me that he might some day write a book, but that was several years ago and I have, as yet, seen no indication that it has been started.” Wright died in 1948, without ever authoring an autobiography. Together, four pieces.
LINDBERGH, Charles Augustus (1902-1974). A series of four typed letters signed (“Charles A. Lindbergh”), Lloyd Neck, Huntington, New York, 12 April to 7 November 1940, to Earl Findley. 5 pages, 4to, fine, with retained copies of Findley’s outgoing correspondence to Lindbergh.
LINDBERGH, Charles Augustus (1902-1974). A series of four typed letters signed (“Charles A. Lindbergh”), Lloyd Neck, Huntington, New York, 12 April to 7 November 1940, to Earl Findley. 5 pages, 4to, fine, with retained copies of Findley’s outgoing correspondence to Lindbergh. A superb correspondence discussing why Orville Wright had yet to write a personal account of his invention of the airplane. Lindbergh first broached the subject with Findley in April 1940, unaware that Findley had already attempted such a project on Orville Wright’s behalf in 1915: “Together with many of Orville Wright’s friends, I have hoped that he would someday write, or at least collaborate in writing, a book on his early experiences in aviation. I have discussed this subject with Orville Wright himself and with many people interested in aviation. I gather from my talks with Wright that he hesitates to collaborate with anyone because of difficulty in obtaining sufficient accuracy in fact and shading. Wright gave me to understand that he hoped to eventually write a book himself. If he has not already started this work, however, I am afraid that it may never be completed, and I think it would be a tragedy if he died without leaving a personal record of his experiences and ideas.” Lindbergh closed his letter adding, “Personally, I regard an accurate record of the Wright experience as being of infinitely greater importance than the returning of the Kitty Hawk Plane to the United States. I would like to see the plane brought back and feel that America is its proper home, but I believe that a record by, or in close collaboration with, Orville Wright would be a much more far reaching contribution to the future.” Upon learning that Findlay had actually undertook such a project with Wright, Lindbergh lamented, “it seems extremely unfortunate that a manuscript that you wrote about the Wrights in 1915 should not receive eventual publication.” Later in the year, Lindbergh wrote again, agreeing with Findley’s doubts that Wright would ever set his life onto paper: “I am afraid you are correct when you say that Wright is not likely to write a book himself. I have talked to him several times about it without meeting with any success. He once told me that he might some day write a book, but that was several years ago and I have, as yet, seen no indication that it has been started.” Wright died in 1948, without ever authoring an autobiography. Together, four pieces.
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