06053cam 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 Audiobook] : Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the Dawn of the Age of Speed. Macmillan Audio, 2014. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 374MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 374MB. world war ii survival stories. world war ii fighter pilots. world war i fighter pilots. military aviation history. indianapolis 500 history. non fiction audio books. famous race car drivers. military aviation books. fighter aircraft books. world war i flying ace. nonfiction audiobooks. navy survival stories. pilot autobiographies. world war ii aviation. audio books biography. history of airplanes. world war i aviation. world war one pilots. world war two pilots. biography audiobooks. history of aviation. pilot autobiography. fighter planes book. history of aircraft. military aeroplanes. Military airplanes. car racing history. world war i pilots. Military aircraft. books on aviation. audio biographies. eastern air lines. aviation history. airplane history. aircraft history. indy 500 history. racing airplanes. American heroes. flying fortress. combat aircraft. aviation heroes. military planes. war plane books. Naval Aviation. american heros. army airplanes. army aviation. plane history. racing pilots. racing planes. ww1 aviation. ww2 aviation. best pilots. nieuport 28. Daredevils. war planes. Air Ace. b-17. 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>. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Military. History. 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)