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

by Ross, John F., 1958-

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Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014.

Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973.

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.

9781410472830 (large print : hardcover)

1410472833 (large print : hardcover)

Thorndike Press large print biography series.

687 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Large print edition.

Map of the Western Front -- Map of Chateau-Thierry -- Map of Saint-Mihiel -- Map of the Mease-Argonne -- 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.

At the turn of the 20th century the invention of the car and the airplane took our imaginations by storm and produced new American heroes: the race car driver and the flying ace. No one did more in these roles than Eddie Rickenbacker, who defied death with such courage and pluck that a generation knew his face better than the president's. This is the unforgettable story of a man who pushed the limits of speed, endurance and courage and emerged as an American legend.

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