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The Resource The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight, Winston Groom

The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight, Winston Groom

Creator
Author
Summary
Explores "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"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (464 pages, 16 unnumbered pages)
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
Isbn
9781426211577
Link
https://mcpl.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://mcpl.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=81A302CC-8A22-4C43-BADF-E1B746EFD76C
Instance
Label
The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight
Title
The aviators
Title remainder
Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight
Statement of responsibility
Winston Groom
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Explores "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"--
Assigning source
Provided by publisher
Biography type
collective biography
Cataloging source
TEFOD
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1944-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Groom, Winston
Dewey number
629.13092/273
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
TL539
LC item number
.G73 2013eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Rickenbacker, Eddie
  • Doolittle, James Harold
  • Lindbergh, Charles A.
  • Air pilots
  • Air pilots, Military
  • Heroes
  • Adventure and adventurers
  • Aeronautics
  • Aeronautics, Military
  • HISTORY / Military / Aviation
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
  • TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / History
  • History
  • Aviation
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • United States
Label
The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight, Winston Groom
Link
https://mcpl.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://mcpl.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=81A302CC-8A22-4C43-BADF-E1B746EFD76C
Instantiates
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 452-455) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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 code
o862732542
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (464 pages, 16 unnumbered pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781426211577
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations, maps.
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o862732542
  • (Sirsi) o862732542
  • (OCoLC)862732542
Label
The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight, Winston Groom
Link
https://mcpl.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://mcpl.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=81A302CC-8A22-4C43-BADF-E1B746EFD76C
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 452-455) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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 code
o862732542
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (464 pages, 16 unnumbered pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781426211577
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations, maps.
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o862732542
  • (Sirsi) o862732542
  • (OCoLC)862732542

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