Mexico City is the setting of the first meeting between Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Charles Lindbergh, placing the city at the beginning of the relationship that would become part of both their lives and the book’s historical frame.

Setting and Introduction

Anne Morrow Lindbergh visited her family at the ambassador’s residence in Mexico City. During that visit, she was introduced to Charles Lindbergh, whom she had first encountered the year before the later events described in the account.

Narrative Significance

The reference gives Mexico City a precise, limited role: it locates the couple’s introduction at her family’s diplomatic residence, linking a private meeting to her family’s public and political setting. The account directs readers seeking the subsequent details of Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s life to Charles Lindbergh’s chronology.