"The Steep Ascent," by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1944
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Artifact Overview
In a Stagecoach travel trailer given to her and her husband, Charles Lindbergh, by Henry Ford, Anne Morrow Lindbergh wrote the novel, The Steep Ascent. The novel follows the journey of Eve, a wife and mother, on a perilous airplane trip with her husband over the Alps.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Book
Date Made
1944
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2010.0.12.21
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 6.875 in
Length: 0.75 in
Inscriptions
On cover:
The / Steep / Ascent / ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH
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SetThe Lindberghs’ Trailer
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This photograph shows the interior of the trailer Henry Ford gave to his friend Charles Lindbergh in 1942. Charles and his wife Anne used it as a home on the road and as a spare room and study at home. Anne wrote The Steep Ascent here, and Charles wrote portions of his Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Spirit of St. Louis.