Research Catalog

Title

Enduring courage : ace pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the dawn of the age of speed / John F. Ross.

Author

Ross, John F., 1958-

Publication

New York : St. Martin's Press, [2014]

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Holdings

Details

Description

xxiii, 375 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

The sensational true story of Eddie Rickenbacker, America's greatest flying ace, who above all the rest showed a nation the way forward in its quest for speed, endurance and courage.

Alternative Title

Ace pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the dawn of the age of speed

Subject

• Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973
• World War (1914-1918)
• World War (1939-1945)
• 1914 - 1945
• 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
• Air pilots
• Automobile racing drivers
• Fighter pilots
• Military operations, Aerial > American
• United States

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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

• 9781250033772 (hardcover)
• 1250033772 (hardcover)
• 9781250033789 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2014008039

OCLC

• 857982343
• SCSB-12881433

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library