Winston Groom

The Aviators

Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight
Sprecher: Dean, Robertson

• Audio CD

Produktbeschreibung

Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle were heroes of the aviation age. These cleverly interwoven tales of their heart-stopping adventures take us from the feats of World War I through the heroism of World War II and beyond. During World War II, each man set aside success and comfort to return to the skies. Doolittle, a brilliant aviation innovator, led the Tokyo Raid to retaliate for Pearl Harbor; Lindbergh, hero of the first solo flight across the Atlantic, flew combat missions in the South Pacific; and Rickenbacker, World War I flying ace, bravely held his crew together while facing starvation and sharks after he crashed in the Pacific.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackstone Publishing
• Gesamtlaufzeit: 1043 Min.
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781482932171
• Artikelnr.: 38602589

Autorenporträt

Winston Groom, a bestselling author, wrote the acclaimed Vietnam War novel Better Times Than These, the prizewinning As Summers Die, Gone the Sun, and Only. He coauthored Conversations with the Enemy, which was nominated for a 1984 Pulitzer Prize. His best known works are the #1 New York Times bestsellers Forrest Gump and Gumpisms: The Wit and Wisdom of Forrest Gump. The phenomenal hit film Forrest Gump garnered six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor. Groom is also the author of Shrouds of Glory, an account of Confederate General John Bell Hood's decisive actions in the lost great campaign of the Civil War. He lives in Point Clear, Alabama.