Eddie rickenbacker autobiography books

It's been many years since I read an autobiography, as I always figured someone who would presume - not only to write their own story , but that others would read it, wouldn't be something I wanted to read.

Bad assumption. I thought I knew Eddie Rickenbacker's history. Another bad assumption. His mother & father were from Switzerland, and he was born in 1891. The large family struggled financially, then Eddie's father died when the boy was 13.

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He dropped out of 7th grade and found work in various shops and trades, always leaning toward mechanical skills. He became a race car driver during the very earliest days of racing. He traveled to England to try and enter the war as a pilot, but the Brits didn't want him.

When the Americans finally entered the war, Eddie's dream was realized. Within a year, he had shot down 26 German planes, and became America's 'Ace of Aces'. He earned 19 separate decorations for valor, including the Medal o