CSPAN2 Book TV May 20, 2012
>> basically, when we decided to write this book which was in the fall of 2000, um, bob and i felt that we couldn't let the 75th anniversary of this historic go uncommemorated by the national air and space museum. i remember when i first came to the air and space museum about two years after i got there, in 1977, we did a 50th anniversary commemoration which was major, a major event. and we thought the best way to do this was to do a book that focused on the spirit of st. louis. but you can't talk about the spirit of st. louis without talking about lindbergh, the hero, the celebrity,...
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