Rickenbacker an Autobiography Author:Eddie Rickenbacker A legend in his own lifetime, Rickenbacker was one of the earliest racing car dirvers on the national circuit, competing against all the greats of that sport's infancy and eventually owning and running the Indianapolis Speedway for 20 years. his enthusiasm for speed, for mechanical perfection and for victory became focused on aviation. And, du... more »ring World War I, he joined up, was sent to France with General Pershing's American Expeditionary Forces, and finally worked his way into the Air Service. He battled in the sikies with Baron Manfred von Ricthofen's Flying Circus, flew the most perilous missions, downed 26 enemy aricraft, became America's Ace of Aces....« less