Edward V. Rickenbacker

This is an Autobiography of Eddie Rickenbacker Autographed by Eddie Rickenbacker to “Todd Hall” 1967. There is a small tear in the Dust Jacket at the top near the spine and there are wear spots on the Dust Jacket also. Here is the long-awaited story of one of the most exciting American heroes of the 20th century. It begins with Captain Rickenbacker’s earliest memories as a boy in Columbus, Ohio, and proceeds through a fantastic series of incidents and adventures up to the time of this book. A legend in his own lifetime, Rickenbacker was on of the earliest racing car drivers on the national circuit, competing against all the greats of that sport’s infancy and eventually owning and running the Indianapolis Speedway for twenty years. His enthusiasm for speed, for mechanical perfection and for victory became focused on aviation. And , during World War I, he joined up, was sent to France with General Pershing’s American Expeditionary Forces, and finally worked his way into the Air Service. He Battled in the skies with Baron Manfred von Richthofen’s Flying Circus, flew the most perilous missions, downed 25 enemy aircraft, became America’s Ace of Aces-earning nineteen decorations for bravery in action and was universally known as “Captain Eddie.”