Rickenbacker: An Autobiography.

RICKENBACKER, Edward V. [Eddie].

Item Number: 143486

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1967.

First edition, early printing of the American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To ‘Robert George Allen’ Eddie Rickenbacker 1968.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

America's "Ace of Aces" during World War I, Rickenbacker "was much more. He became a highly skilled corporate executive and manager who contributed constructively to the economic life and strength of the United States and to the development of modern aviation transportation" (ANB).