Rickenbacker: An Autobiography.

RICKENBACKER, Edward V. [Eddie].

Item Number: 143086

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 my best wishes “Dorothy Pean” Eddie Rickenbacker 1890-1967.” 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).