Bibliograph

The aviators, Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight, Winston Groom

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The aviators, Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight, Winston Groom

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 452-455) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The aviators

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Winston Groom

Sub title

Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight

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

Table Of 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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