Eddie Rickenbacker
The MacMillan Company
New York
1946
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THE GREAT WAR IN THE AIR BIBLIOGRAPHY PROJECT |
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HANS CHRISTAIN ADAMSON U.S. Army Col. Anderson was one of the survivors of the 1942 Pacific Ocean crash that left Rickenbacker and six others adrift for three weeks before being rescued. His book about that crash, We Thought We Heard The Angels Sing, was published by E.P. Dutton in 1943. |
Adamson,
Hans Christian
Eddie Rickenbacker
The MacMillan Company
New York
1946
309 pp
Estimated Value: $7 - $12
Although this book suffers slightly from "hero worship", Anderson offers up a fairly straightforward (if non critical) recounting of Rickenbacker's life, ending with the Pacific Ocean rescue in 1942,
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