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The Resource The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight, Winston Groom, (electronic resource)
The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight, Winston Groom, (electronic resource)
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The item The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight, Winston Groom, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- Gifted storyteller Winston Groom, the bestselling author of Forrest Gump, has written the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the great age of flight: Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle. These cleverly interwoven tales of their heart-stopping adventures take us from the feats of World War I through the heroism of World War II and beyond, including daring military raids and survival at sea, and will appeal to fans of Unbroken, The Greatest Generation, and Flyboys. With the world in peril during World War II, each man set aside great success and comfort to return to the skies for his most daring mission yet. Doolittle, a brilliant aviation innovator, would lead the Tokyo Raid to retaliate for Pearl Harbor; Lindbergh, hero of the first solo flight across the Atlantic, would fly combat missions in the South Pacific; and Rickenbacker, World War I flying ace, would bravely hold his crew together while facing near-starvation and circling sharks after his plane went down in a remote part of the Pacific. Groom's rich narrative tells the intertwined stories-from broken homes to Medals of Honor (all three would receive one), barnstorming to the greatest raid of World War II, front-page triumph to anguished tragedy, and near-death to ultimate survival-of these three men who took to the sky, time and again, to become exemplars of the spirit of the "greatest generation."
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (17hr., 23 min.))
- Isbn
- 9781483062440
- 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
- Subject
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- Aeronautics, Military -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- trueUnited States -- History, Military -- 20th century
- trueAir pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography
- trueAir pilots -- United States -- Biography
- Heroes -- United States -- Biography
- Adventure and adventurers -- United States -- Biography
- trueAeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Gifted storyteller Winston Groom, the bestselling author of Forrest Gump, has written the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the great age of flight: Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle. These cleverly interwoven tales of their heart-stopping adventures take us from the feats of World War I through the heroism of World War II and beyond, including daring military raids and survival at sea, and will appeal to fans of Unbroken, The Greatest Generation, and Flyboys. With the world in peril during World War II, each man set aside great success and comfort to return to the skies for his most daring mission yet. Doolittle, a brilliant aviation innovator, would lead the Tokyo Raid to retaliate for Pearl Harbor; Lindbergh, hero of the first solo flight across the Atlantic, would fly combat missions in the South Pacific; and Rickenbacker, World War I flying ace, would bravely hold his crew together while facing near-starvation and circling sharks after his plane went down in a remote part of the Pacific. Groom's rich narrative tells the intertwined stories-from broken homes to Medals of Honor (all three would receive one), barnstorming to the greatest raid of World War II, front-page triumph to anguished tragedy, and near-death to ultimate survival-of these three men who took to the sky, time and again, to become exemplars of the spirit of the "greatest generation."
- Accompanying matter
- technical information on music
- Cataloging source
- Midwest
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1944-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Groom, Winston
- Form of composition
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- Format of music
- not applicable
- Literary text for sound recordings
- other
- PerformerNote
- Read by Robertson Dean
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- Dean, Robertson
- hoopla digital
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Air pilots
- Air pilots, Military
- Heroes
- Adventure and adventurers
- Aeronautics
- Aeronautics, Military
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight, Winston Groom, (electronic resource)
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- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- MWT11397804
- Dimensions
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- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (17hr., 23 min.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
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- Isbn
- 9781483062440
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- (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
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- Other physical details
- digital.
- Publisher number
- MWT11397804
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- access
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
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- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Tape configuration
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- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight, Winston Groom, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- MWT11397804
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (17hr., 23 min.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781483062440
- Isbn Type
- (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- not applicable
- Kind of material
- unknown
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other physical details
- digital.
- Publisher number
- MWT11397804
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
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- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- Adventure and adventurers -- United States -- Biography
- trueAeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Aeronautics, Military -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- trueAir pilots -- United States -- Biography
- trueAir pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography
- Heroes -- United States -- Biography
- trueUnited States -- History, Military -- 20th century
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