Fast Eddie
Subtitle: a novel in many voices
By: Robert L. O'Connell.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 -- Fiction.; World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, American -- Fiction.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American -- Fiction.
Description: A fictionalized biography of Eddie Rickenbacker, the World War I flying ace. While serving as a chauffeur for General Pershing, the former racing-car driver persuades the French to teach him to fly and within six months scores an astounding twenty-six kills. By a military historian, author of Of Arms and Men: A History of War, Weapons and Aggression.