TY - BOOK AU - Ross,John F. TI - Enduring courage: ace pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the dawn of the age of speed SN - 9781250033772 (hardcover) AV - TL540.R54 R67 2014 U1 - 940.4/4973092B 23 PY - 2014///] CY - New York PB - St. Martin's Press KW - Rickenbacker, Eddie, KW - Air pilots KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Fighter pilots KW - Automobile racing drivers KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Aerial operations, American KW - World War, 1939-1945 N1 - Map of the Western Front -- Map of Chateau-Thierry -- Map of Saint-Mihiel -- Map of the Mease-Argonne -- Introduction: When a man faces death -- Book I: Racing -- Love at first sight -- A most dangerous job -- Death on the track -- Aeroplane vs. automobile -- New order of terrors -- Book II: Flying -- Storm clouds overhead -- Flying lessons -- A steep learning curve -- Aircraft morph into deadly weapons -- Book III: Fighting -- First blood -- When giants fall -- Race to ace -- The Germans strike back -- A secret counteroffensive -- Squadron command -- Book IV: Immortality -- Plane crash -- Triumph of will ER -