06043cam a2201081 4500 583600982 TxAuBib 20220519120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781427245243 142724524X 165bb711-c046-42b1-bdc8-d985f51eccf8 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1711479 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Ross, John F. Enduring Courage [Libby] : Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the Dawn of the Age of Speed. Macmillan Audio, 2014. Military aircraft. Naval Aviation. American heroes. b-17. flying fortress. Air Ace. Military airplanes. aviation history. history of aviation. books on aviation. Daredevils. airplane history. pilot autobiography. history of airplanes. combat aircraft. aircraft history. army aviation. non fiction audio books. nonfiction audiobooks. audio biographies. american heros. army airplanes. aviation heroes. best pilots. car racing history. eastern air lines. famous race car drivers. fighter aircraft books. fighter planes book. history of aircraft. indianapolis 500 history. indy 500 history. military aeroplanes. military aviation books. military aviation history. military planes. navy survival stories. nieuport 28. pilot autobiographies. plane history. racing airplanes. racing pilots. racing planes. war plane books. war planes. world war i aviation. world war i fighter pilots. world war i flying ace. world war i pilots. world war ii aviation. world war ii fighter pilots. world war ii survival stories. world war one pilots. world war two pilots. ww1 aviation. ww2 aviation. audio books biography. biography audiobooks. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 374MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 374MB. Biography & Autobiography. History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>The sensational true story of Eddie Rickenbacker, America's greatest flying ace</b><br /> At the turn of the twentieth century two new technologies—the car and airplane—took the nation's imagination by storm as they burst, like comets, into American life. The brave souls that leaped into these dangerous contraptions and pushed them to unexplored extremes became new American heroes: the race car driver and the flying ace.<br /> No individual did more to create and intensify these raw new roles than the tall, gangly Eddie Rickenbacker, who defied death over and over with such courage and pluck that a generation of Americans came to know his face better than the president's. The son of poor, German-speaking Swiss immigrants in Columbus, Ohio, Rickenbacker overcame the specter of his father's violent death, a debilitating handicap, and, later, accusations of being a German spy, to become the American military ace of aces in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. He and his high-spirited, all-too-short-lived pilot comrades, created a new kind of aviation warfare, as they pushed their machines to the edge of destruction—and often over it—without parachutes, radios, or radar.<br /> <i>Enduring Courage</i> is the electrifying story of the beginning of America's love affair with speed—and how one man above all the rest showed a nation the way forward. No simple daredevil, he was an innovator on the racetrack, a skilled aerial dualist and squadron commander, and founder of Eastern Air Lines. Decades after his heroics against the Red Baron's Flying Circus, he again showed a war-weary nation what it took to survive against nearly insurmountable odds when he and seven others endured a harrowing three-week ordeal adrift without food or water in the Pacific during World War II.<br /> For the first time, <i>Enduring Courage</i> peels back the layers of hero to reveal the man himself. With impeccable research and a gripping narrative, John F. Ross tells the unforgettable story of a man who pushed the limits of speed, endurance and courage and emerged as an American legend.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Audie Award Nominee. Earphones Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-17 20:00:03. Herrmann, Edward. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1493-1/1711479-EnduringCourage.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/1711479-EnduringCourage.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=165BB711-C046-42B1-BDC8-D985F51ECCF8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1493-1/1711479-EnduringCourage.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/1711479-EnduringCourage.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=165BB711-C046-42B1-BDC8-D985F51ECCF8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)