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ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH dated her inscription on March 17th,1944 - the very date of original publication. Additionally, there is a mailing envelope - written in Anne Morrow Lindbergh's hand - postmarked from her home in Michigan to Mr. Conger Goodyear, a philanthropist & industrialist best known as a founding member of the New York Museum of Modern Art. industrialist
"The Steep Ascent" is a fictionalized account of an actual flight event which occurred over the Alps - Anne Morrow Lindbergh's husband, famed aviator Charles Lindbergh, was flying the plane of that event.
Mrs. Lindbergh herself was a noted aviator -- she first flew solo in 1929, became the first American woman to earn a 1st-class glider pilot's license in 1930, and made many exploratory flights with her husband.
"This is an explorer's book... about a woman's reaction to the power and beauty of flight" -- Atlantic Monthly
In fine condition. Dust-jacket in excellent shape. Slip-case shows some scuff marks.
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The Steep Ascent - Signed 1st Edition
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