Rickenbacker: An Autobiography.

RICKENBACKER, Edward V. [Eddie].

$1,500.00

Item Number: 144004

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

First edition 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, “With our best wishes to our good friend ‘Lt Stewart W. Massbrook Jr.’  Eddie Rickenbacker 1890/1967.” Additionally signed by Douglas Campbell and Reed M. Chambers, members of Rickenbacker’s squadron. 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).