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The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic Age of Flight Cover Image Book Book

The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic Age of Flight

Groom, Winston 1944- (author.).

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"--

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  • ISBN: 9781426211560 (hardback : alkaline paper) :
  • ISBN: 1426211562 (hardback : alkaline paper)
  • Physical Description: print
    464 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [445]-455) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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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Subject: Rickenbacker, Eddie 1890-1973
Doolittle, James Harold 1896-1993
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974
Air pilots United States Biography
Air pilots, Military United States Biography
Heroes United States Biography
Adventure and adventurers United States Biography
Aeronautics United States History 20th century
Aeronautics, Military United States History 20th century
United States History, Military 20th century
HISTORY / Military / Aviation
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / History

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