Eddie Rickenbacker: An American Hero in the Twentieth Century

by W. David Lewis

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Eddie Rickenbacker epitomized the American spirit in the twentieth century. Daring, skilled, and rugged--moving fast and defying death--he drove race cars in the early days of the automobile, then flew canvas-over-wooden-frame aeroplanes in the Great War, downing twenty-six enemy flyers and emerging at war's end as the nation's ace of aces. Only Gen. John J. Black Jack Pershing and the much-decorated Sgt. Alvin York emerged from that struggle as...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0801882443

ISBN13:9780801882449

Release Date:November 2005

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:720 Pages

Weight:2.70 lbs.

Dimensions:1.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Aerospace Americas Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Engineering Historical History Transportation

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