Definitely one of the better biographies I have ever read. Eddie Rickenbacker was more than just America's Great War Ace of Aces, more than one of the early successful race car drivers. He was first and foremost courageous, his strong will driving everything he did from a very early age. This determination allowed him to rise from mechanic to driver to salesman, enabled him to overcome the class differences among America's first pilots, and finally drove him to survive against all odds not one but two serious mishaps.

This book was part history, part profile, and part thriller, and was all very well written. Noted and discarded are embellishments by earlier ghost writers and even the past colored by Eddie himself; favoring his true history over the stories. Highly recommended!