| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
11 audio discs (13 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
130000 |
| Description |
digital rda |
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audio file CD audio rda |
| Performer |
Read by Edward Herrmann. |
| Note |
"Includes a bonus interview with the author"--Container. |
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Compact disc. |
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Subtitle from container. |
| Summary |
Eddie Rickenbacker was an American archetype: our greatest World War I hero, and the quintessential flying ace. As a boy from the wrong side of the tracks in Columbus, Ohio, Eddie was smitten at the sight of his first automobile. He became a superb mechanic and a leading racecar driver; in wartime, he applied his mechanical skills to airplanes, and broke the class barrier to become a pilot. Eventually, he would become America's best. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973.
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Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973. (OCoLC)fst00031857
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World War (1914-1918) (OCoLC)fst01180746
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
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Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography.
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Automobile racing drivers -- United States -- Biography.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
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Air pilots. (OCoLC)fst00802420
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Automobile racing drivers. (OCoLC)fst00823150
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Fighter pilots. (OCoLC)fst00923988
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Military operations, Aerial -- American.
(OCoLC)fst01710199
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1914-1945
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks. (OCoLC)fst01726208
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Herrmann, Edward, 1943-2014, narrator.
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| ISBN |
9781427239235 |
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1427239231 |
| Music No. |
DD10607 Recorded Books |
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