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The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic Age of Flight
Title
The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic Age of Flight / Winston Groom.
ISBN
9781426211560 (hardback : alkaline paper)
1426211562 (hardback : alkaline paper)
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2013]
Physical Description
464 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary
Explores "the saga of three extraordinary aviators-- Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle-- and how they redefine heroism through their genius, daring, and uncommon courage"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 27, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [445]-455) and index.
Contents
These three men
The king of dirt
The man with the outside loop
Can those be stars?
Air combat is not sport, it is scientific murder
New York to Paris
Man's greatest enemy in the air
I was saved for some good purpose
An inspiration in a grubby world
His halo turned into a noose
The raid
We were slowly rotting away
The Lone Eagle goes to war
Masters of the sky.
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