Enduring Courage: Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the Dawn of th

by John F. Ross

Book Overview

The sensational true story of Eddie Rickenbacker, America's greatest flying ace At the turn of the twentieth century two new technologies--the car and airplane--took the nation's imagination by storm as they burst, like comets, into American life. The brave souls that leaped into these dangerous contraptions and pushed them to unexplored extremes became new American heroes: the race car driver and the flying ace. No individual did more to create and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250033845
• ISBN13: 9781250033840
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.2"