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He watches a leaf (last summer’s sweet gum, or sycamore, or maple) as it tilts on its edge and tumbles down the drive. He estimates wind speed and direction. He accounts for drift. He notes the cloud cover: stratus, eight thousand feet, maybe nine. Precipitation would be a possibility. And there, over there—past the yard, the drive: fog in the clearing that was to be the airfield, rising fog beyond the tree line. A consideration, certainly. But hardly a factor in takeoff. A cold drizzle might be predicted.
Copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. For permission to reuse this work, contact the University of Alabama Press. LUCKY LINDY EN ROUTE At 7:15 this morning, The Spirit of St. Louis was sighted over the coast of Newfoundland as Charles Augustus Lindbergh headed out over the open sea. The Boston Beacon May 20, 1927 LONE FLYER LANDS AT LE BOURGET! ALL OF PARIS TURNS OUT The Philadelphia Ledger May 21, 1927 You are reading copyrighted material published by the University of Alabama Press.
He had supervised. He had seen to it. He sees the crib, the railings set with toys that slide and tumble—a mirror on a bar, blocks inscribed in ABCs, a blue bird on a stick. ) and across the dresser: a runner of linen, of French knots (light blue) and leaves (lime) and the madness of the meticulously counted stitch; ointment in a dark jar (a “rub” she had called it); the book of baby care (“a tepid bath for fever”); the music box (“Skip to My Lou”) used for keeping diaper pins. ), with bristles for a baby’s head—too soft to be boar.
