TY  - BOOK
AU  - Groom,Winston
TI  - The aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight 
SN  - 9781426211560
AV  - TL539 .G73 2013
U1  - 629.13092/273 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Geographic
KW  - Rickenbacker, Eddie,
KW  - Doolittle, James Harold,
KW  - Lindbergh, Charles A.
KW  - Air pilots
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Air pilots, Military
KW  - Heroes
KW  - Adventure and adventurers
KW  - Aeronautics
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Aeronautics, Military
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Military
KW  - Aviation
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - General
KW  - TRANSPORTATION
KW  - fast
KW  - History, Military
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Military history
KW  - Nonfiction
KW  - lcgft
N1  - "Written by gifted storyteller Winston Groom (author of Forrest Gump), The Aviators 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. From Winston Groom, the best-selling author of Forrest Gump, Shiloh 1862, and Vicksburg 1863, comes 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 Unbroken, The Greatest Generation, and Flyboys. 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'"--Provided by publisher; Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-455) and index; 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
N2  - This book tells the saga of three extraordinary aviators: Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle, and how they redefined heroism through their genius, daring, and uncommon courage. 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. 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. The author 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."--Provided by publisher
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