04158cam a2200805 4500 526841126 TxAuBib 20211106120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781426211577 1426211570 B00CQZ5M5K Amazon 81a302cc-8a22-4c43-badf-e1b746efd76c OverDrive (Reserve ID) 226047 226047 226047 1311441 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Groom, Winston, 1944- The Aviators [Libby eBook] : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight. Disney Book Group, 2013. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 7688kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. gifts for history buffs. military history books. history of aviation. eddie rickenbacker. Charles Lindbergh. Military History. aviation history. autobiographies. Wright brothers. political books. jimmy doolittle. Doolittle Raid. military books. aviation books. Autobiography. gifts for dad. history books. grandpa gifts. airplane book. World War II. Pearl Harbor. biographies. World War I. Biography. air force. war books. dad gifts. politics. airplane. Military. Aviation. History. Flight. flying. Travel. War. HTML:<p>Written by gifted storyteller Winston Groom (author of <i>Forrest Gump</i>), <i>The Aviators</i> tells 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.<br /> <br /> This is the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the great age of flight. These cleverly interwoven tales of their heart-stopping adventures take us from the feats of World War I through the heroism of World War II and beyond, including daring military raids and survival-at-sea, and will appeal to fans of <i>Unbroken</i>, <i>The Greatest Generation</i>, and<i>Flyboys</i>. With the world in peril in World War II, each man set aside great success and comfort to return to the skies for his most daring mission yet. Doolittle, a brilliant aviation innovator, would lead the daring Tokyo Raid to retaliate for Pearl Harbor; Lindbergh, hero of the first solo flight across the Atlantic, would fly combat missions in the South Pacific; and Rickenbacker, World War I flying ace, would bravely hold his crew together while facing near-starvation and circling sharks after his plane went down in a remote part of the Pacific. Groom's rich narrative tells their intertwined stories--from broken homes to Medals of Honor (all three would receive it); barnstorming to the greatest raid of World War II; front-page triumph to anguished tragedy; and near-death to ultimate survival--as all took to the sky, time and again, to become exemplars of the spirit of the "greatest generation."</p>. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Military. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/aviators-81a302?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/aviators-81a302?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/aviators-81a302?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)