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Author:
Ross, John F., 1958-
Title:
Enduring courage : ace pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the dawn of the age of speed / John F. Ross.
Publisher:
St. Martin'sGriffin,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xxiii, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Subject:
Rickenbacker, Eddie,--1890-1973.
Air pilots--United States--Biography.
Fighter pilots--United States--Biography.
Automobile racing drivers--United States--Biography.
World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
Rickenbacker, Eddie,--1890-1973.
World War (1914-1918)
World War (1939-1945)
Air pilots.
Automobile racing drivers.
Fighter pilots.
Military operations, Aerial--American.
United States.
1914 - 1945.
Biography.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Map of the Western Front -- Map of Chateau-Thierry -- Map of Saint-Mihiel -- Map of the Mease-Argonne -- Introduction: When a man faces death -- Book I: Racing -- Love at first sight -- A most dangerous job -- Death on the track -- Aeroplane vs. automobile -- New order of terrors -- Book II: Flying -- Storm clouds overhead -- Flying lessons -- A steep learning curve -- Aircraft morph into deadly weapons -- Book III: Fighting -- First blood -- When giants fall -- Race to ace -- The Germans strike back -- A secret counteroffensive -- Squadron command -- Book IV: Immortality -- Plane crash -- Triumph of will.
ISBN:
9781250033840
1250033845
OCLC:
(OCoLC)889523341
Locations:
MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)
GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)
DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

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