Eddie Rickenbacker
by Koestler-Grack, Rachel
Series: Famous flyers Published by : Chelsea House Publishers, (Philadelphia :) Physical details: 112 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN:0791072150; 9780791072158.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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j 600 - 699 | j629.13092 Koe (Browse shelf) | Available | 97727 |
Atlanta crash -- Boyhood -- Working years -- Racing years -- To the skies -- Buying an airline -- Lost in the Pacific -- Later years.
This series combines history and pleasure reading in a fast-paced narrative of the lives of some of the most famous, and infamous, aviators of the 20th century. Rickenbacker left the automobile racetrack he dominated to serve the United States as a fighter ace in the famous Hat-in-the-Ring squadron of World War I.