Enduring Courage: Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the Dawn of the Age of Speed, by John F. Ross
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Enduring Courage: Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the Dawn of the Age of Speed, by John F. Ross
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The sensational true story of Eddie Rickenbacker, America's greatest flying ace
At the turn of the twentieth century two new technologies―the car and airplane―took the nation's imagination by storm as they burst, like comets, into American life. The brave souls that leaped into these dangerous contraptions and pushed them to unexplored extremes became new American heroes: the race car driver and the flying ace.
No individual did more to create and intensify these raw new roles than the tall, gangly Eddie Rickenbacker, who defied death over and over with such courage and pluck that a generation of Americans came to know his face better than the president's. The son of poor, German-speaking Swiss immigrants in Columbus, Ohio, Rickenbacker overcame the specter of his father's violent death, a debilitating handicap, and, later, accusations of being a German spy, to become the American military ace of aces in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. He and his high-spirited, all-too-short-lived pilot comrades, created a new kind of aviation warfare, as they pushed their machines to the edge of destruction―and often over it―without parachutes, radios, or radar.
Enduring Courage is the electrifying story of the beginning of America's love affair with speed―and how one man above all the rest showed a nation the way forward. No simple daredevil, he was an innovator on the racetrack, a skilled aerial dualist and squadron commander, and founder of Eastern Air Lines. Decades after his heroics against the Red Baron's Flying Circus, he again showed a war-weary nation what it took to survive against nearly insurmountable odds when he and seven others endured a harrowing three-week ordeal adrift without food or water in the Pacific during World War II. For the first time, Enduring Courage peels back the layers of hero to reveal the man himself. With impeccable research and a gripping narrative, John F. Ross tells the unforgettable story of a man who pushed the limits of speed, endurance and courage and emerged as an American legend.
Enduring Courage: Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the Dawn of the Age of Speed, by John F. Ross- Amazon Sales Rank: #371885 in Books
- Brand: Ross, John F.
- Published on: 2015-05-05
- Released on: 2015-05-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.23" h x 1.10" w x 5.54" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 416 pages
From Booklist *Starred Review* Once upon a time, aviator Eddie Rickenbacker was the most famous man in America, the kind of hero that songs were written about and schoolchildren dreamed of emulating. In this entertaining biography, historian Ross (War on the Run, 2009) returns to the dawn of the twentieth century, when cars and aircraft burst onto the scene. Aviation aficionados and war buffs will expect Ross to focus on Rickenbacker’s WWI flying-ace achievements; instead, he takes a long look at the aviator’s early success in the automotive field as both a brilliant mechanic (“Put simply, engines have always talked to me,” Rickenbacker explained) and a daring race-car driver. Drawing heavily on his subject’s interviews and writings, while also noting areas of his personal life that Rickenbacker publicly fabricated (most notably his father’s life and death), Ross peppers the text with quotes that place readers right alongside the ace through nearly every moment of his life. Obviously this is exciting material to work with—after all, Rickenbacker was a man who drove in the first Indy 500 and dueled with the Red Baron’s flying circus—but Ross is never fawning in this thoroughly enjoyable and downright rollicking read. --Colleen Mondor
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“Fast-paced...With just the right amount of technical detail, Mr. Ross evocatively captures the excitement of the racetrack, where the driver had to contend with 'gumbo'-thick clouds of dust and gravel thrown up by the wheels... Mr. Ross's book does an excellent job portraying how the reality of air combat differed from the romantic notions, advanced at the time, of a noble contest between modern knights in the sky.” ―Wall Street Journal
“Ross is at his best when he writes about Rickenbacker grappling with risk and adversity...the book is a riveting account of the dawn of the age of speed.” ―Dallas Morning News
“A brisk and informing read... [Ross'] engaging new book, surveying the risky realms of racing and air wars, reminds the reader how fast the world changes -- and how much remains the same... Rickenbacker's life provides ample grist for thrilling narrative (and gruesome detail). Yet serving the good purposes of history, Mr. Ross artfully strikes resonances between eras...Portraying the ultimate daredevil in an age of daredevilry, Mr. Ross wrings out as much excitement as the material holds in describing Rickenbacker's violent worlds.” ―Washington Times
“[A] lively and engaging portrait of Rickenbacker...Ross has a real gift for sitting the reader beside "Fast Eddie" as he thunders down the straightaway of a 1913 racetrack or leans forward in the cockpit of a Nieuport 28 climbing toward a flight of Fokkers...an admiring biography...Enduing Courage offers a compelling portrait of an American hero” ―Tom Crouch, Washington Independent Review Of Books
“The dawn of the 20th century saw the advent of two world-changing technologies: automobiles and airplanes. With these came new breeds of risk takers and heroes--the racecar driver and the fighter pilot. Eddie Rickenbacker was both... Rickenbacker clearly had the "right stuff" for this brave new world. But what was the right stuff circa 1918? Biographer John F. Ross grapples with this and other questions in his new book... Many books have been written about Rickenbacker... Ross writes about many of the exploits described in those works, but he also mines primary sources, including thousands of pages of transcribed interviews with Rickenbacker, to get beneath what he calls "the veneer of untouchable hero.” ―NationalGeographic.com
“In 1941, he suffered serious injuries and narrowly escaped death in a devastating aircraft crash near Atlanta. ... Following his recovery, Rickenbacker was selected by Secretary of War Henry Stimson to transport and personally deliver a reprimand to General Douglas MacArthur, then supreme commander of the Southwest Pacific Area, headquartered in New Guinea.... The B-17D Flying Fortress ferrying Rickenbacker got lost in the Pacific and was forced to ditch at sea. Together with the rest of the crew, Rickenbacker spent 24 harrowing days adrift on a life raft without food or water. The story of his survival and rescue is the most gripping part of Enduring Courage. Nowadays, of course, ... we don't have national heroes remotely like Eddie Rickenbacker.” ―The Weekly Standard
“Energetic... Exciting... Ross sweeps readers along in Rickenbacker's thrilling tale.” ―Kirkus
“Entertaining... Ross peppers the text with quotes that place readers right alongside the ace through nearly every moment of his life. Obviously this is exciting material to work with-after all, Rickenbacker was a man who drove in the first Indy 500 and dueled with the Red Baron's flying circus-but Ross is never fawning in this thoroughly enjoyable and downright rollicking read.” ―Booklist, starred review
“Ross has a knack for exciting, visual narrative, and the life-defining moments of race and dogfight... A highly entertaining portrait, which reveres its subject as a hero defined by his high-speed feats.” ―Publishers Weekly
“A lively and engaging portrait of Rickenbacker....a compelling portrait of an American hero.” ―Washington Independent Review of Books
“[Eddie Rickenbacker's] life has been recounted in his own autobiographies and by many other authors, yet arguably none get the telling more right than John F. Ross in his exhaustively researched and exquisitely written biography, Enduring Courage.” ―Air & Space Magazine
“John Ross is that rare soul who writes narrative history with the verve and timing of an accomplished novelist. Enduring Courage--a heroic portrait of the aviator ace Eddie Rickenbacker of Ohio--is a bona fide page turner. The Indianapolis race car scenes and World War I dogfights ripple with excitement. I couldn't put it down.” ―Douglas Brinkley, bestselling author, Professor of History at Rice University, and historian for CBS News
“Daring, beautiful, and masterfully told, Enduring Courage puts you shoulder-to-shoulder with one of the great American spirits of all-time, Eddie Rickenbacker, who does in each chapter what the rest of us dream to do with our lives.” ―Robert Kurson, New York Times bestselling author of Shadow Divers
“Whether it's the Indianapolis 500, a World War I dogfight, or a struggle for survival on a life raft in the Pacific, John Ross puts you there in the midst of the turbulent, often unbelievable life of Eddie Rickenbacker--the irascible, death-defying hero who helped set the dizzying pace of our modern, machine-driven age. As Ross says in the Introduction to Enduring Courage, 'Hold onto your seats.” ―Nathaniel Philbrick, New York Times bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Bunker Hill
“To say Enduring Courage is inspiring is totally inadequate praise. It is also gripping, electrifying, insightful--and full of new information about a legendary American hero. I have seldom been so glad to read a book.” ―Thomas Fleming, New York Times bestselling author of Conquerors of the Sky
“Before Charles Lindbergh, before Chuck Yeager, before Neil Armstrong, there was Eddie Rickenbacker, American aviation's first mega-celebrity. In Enduring Courage, John F. Ross gives readers a brilliant and compelling biography of a man who led a remarkable life, illuminating as well a more innocent and hopeful period in American history, when the common man could make for himself a very uncommon future. This is an unforgettable treasure of a book.” ―Dr. Richard P. Hallion, former U.S. Air Force Historian and author
“Richly detailed and dramatically told, Enduring Courage helps us perfectly understand how Eddie Rickenbacker became one of our greatest--if not THE greatest--aviation heroes of all time. Ross's meticulous research skillfully guides this real-life tale to a magnificent, completely satisfying landing.” ―Christina Olds, bestselling author of Fighter Pilot
About the Author
JOHN F. ROSS is the author of War on the Run: The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America's First Frontier. Winner of the Fort Ticonderoga Prize for Contributions to American History, he has served as the Executive Editor of American Heritage and on the Board of Editors at Smithsonian magazine.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful. Extraordinary! The Very Definition of a Hero By Benjamin Thomas Eddie Rickenbacker, for me, has always been one of those names from 20th century history that I had heard of and even knew a tiny bit about…but not much more. I knew he was an American flying Ace from World War I and generally well regarded but have long wished to know more about him, his life and the times he lived in.General George S. Patton famously said, “Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.” He was talking about leaders like Rickenbacker, America’s leading ace of WWI with 26 kills. The story of how he got there is simply incredible. From an adventurous youth demonstrating a genius for machines and mechanics to becoming a renowned race car driver (racing in the very first Indy 500), to becoming America’s ‘Ace of Aces’ pilot in WWI, his story reads like one of those thriller novels where the hero constantly encounters incredible danger but always survives. It’s so refreshing to read of a person who actually lives up to the hype of history and who learns from his plentiful mistakes throughout his life. This quote from him sums it up: “I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know, and I'll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me.”Most of the book is devoted to the two main “eras” of Rickenbacker’s life: his car racing career and his WWI successes. Less is devoted to his post war career even though that is pretty phenomenal as well: starting up “Rickenbacker Motor Company”, buying and managing the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, clashes with FDR over policy, and a lengthy stint as the leader and eventual owner of Eastern Airlines. There are a couple of nicely done chapters on his near-fatal airplane crash in 1941 as well as his most famous near-death experience, 24 days adrift at sea after a plane that he was a passenger in got lost over the Pacific and had to set down in the middle of the ocean.I would add that this book is about more than just the life of Eddie Rickenbacker. The title is entirely appropriate in that it is about the times and events and the people that surrounded Rickenbacker during his extraordinary life. These men had what it takes or what later generations would refer to as “the right stuff”. It’s an amazing story and is definitely an example of how true life can be more incredible than fiction.Biographies tend to fall into one of two categories. They are either lengthy and filled with every conceivable detail and really meant for a serious scholar of that individual, or they are more succinct and serve to introduce a reader to the individual. This book lies in between. There is quite a bit of detail but not so much as to bog it down. I commend the author for finding that balance between too much detail and too much surfing over the events and issues of the time.Highly recommended!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. A true American hero By Barry Sparks Eddie Rickenbacker was America's most recognizable and famous hero of World War I. He was America's ace of aces, registering 26 kills. He logged more time over enemy territory and engaged in more combats than any other U.S. flier.Author John F. Ross writes that as a race car driver and fighter pilot, Rickenbacker helped forge a new personification of the American hero. Americans hungered for a new breed of hero, and when "Eddie's brand of courage intersected with new frontiers of speed brought on by cars and airplanes, extraordinary things started to happen."Eddie was a popular pioneer in racing cars, competing in the Indy 500 four times and multiple long-distance races. The book's first 90 pages cover Eddie's racing career. Although Eddie earned a reputation of a "carefree derring do," Ross stresses that it wasn't true. Eddie took an analytical, methodical and logical approach to managing risk and extreme danger. According to Ross, "Eddie discovered not only could he stare down death and risk, but he was good at it."It's of little surprise that Eddie, a superb mechanic and engineer, was attracted to airplanes. Pilots were largely on their own, writing the rules of safety and performance as they went along. The United States desperately needed pilots as it was ramping up its air power in quest of air superiority. Mechanically, the planes were often unreliable. Ross describes the planes as "flying pyres, highly combustible." In training, 1 of 9 pilots died. The life expectancy of a fighter pilot was two months. To add to the danger, pilots were not permitted parachutes. Washington officials decided that if pilots had parachutes, they might prematurely decide to eject and abandon the plane.At first, Eddie was snubbed by pilots, who were college-educated and came from well-to-do families. But, Eddie was stubborn, competitive and determined to succeed. Another pilot described him as "an uneducated tough bastard who threw his weight around in the wrong way." To Eddie's credit, however, he developed into a leader and mentor, who was respected by his men.After World War I, Eddie purchased the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and became an executive at Eastern Air Lines. The World War I flying ace was involved in two commercial airline crashes, nearly losing his life on both occasions.Despite his extraordinary feats which influenced three generations, Eddie insisted he was not a hero. In summing up Eddie's life, Ross writes, "it was his enduring courage that shone like a beacon for the better part of a century, showing America what it could be and challenging it to get there."Although there are two Eddie Rickenbacker autobiographies, Ross's book is much welcomed, since he provides new material from neglected primary sources, dispels numerous myths and is much more concerned about accuracy than Eddie's previous ghostwriters. This book is thoroughly researched, very informative, extremely well written and vastly entertaining.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Riveting, Fast-Paced, Hard to Put Down By R. Dixon For this reader, Eddie Rickenbacker was a name from the turn of the 20th Century and the First World War---first a race-car driver, and then a WW I flying ace. Author John Ross has done a masterful job in crafting this biography of one of the best-known heroes of the First World War. Enduring Courage captures Eddie Rickenbacker, the man, painting a complex picture that begins with his childhood, and ends up showcasing his talents in leadership and problem solving. Enduring Courage is an apt title for this lively and inspiring tale. This is one of those books that you can't wait to pick up again. The narrative never loses its pacing. While Rickenbacker's WWI exploits are the centerpiece, his pre-war and post-war life were equally inspiring, and Ross captures this. If you previously read and liked author John F. Ross' first biography "War On the Run" (the story of Robert Rogers), you will see that Ross has really hit his stride in penning "Enduring Courage." Then and now, Rickenbacker was an inspiration. Enduring Courage is a worthy portrait of a truly inspiring American hero.
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