ISBN: 9781426211560

Description: 464 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

• 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.

Control Number: 942365

Subjects:

• Adventure and adventurers -- United States -- Biography.
• Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
• Aeronautics, Military -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
• Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
• Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography.
• Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993.
• Heroes -- United States -- Biography.
• Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.
• Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973.
• United States -- History, Military -- 20th century.