SuitabookAdventure and risk
Eddie attempts flight with an umbrella and encounters a moving train and runaway mining cart during boyhood.
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Kathryn Cleven Sisson - Author
A lively life story follows Rickenbacker from adventurous boyhood and family work to mechanical exploits, auto-racing success and later wartime distinction. The book also places his life within early twentieth-century America.
World War I flying ace, winner of the Medal of Honor, and racecar driver Eddie Rickenbacker was an adventurous boy who first attempted flight by riding his bicycle off the roof while holding an umbrella. The son of Swiss immigrants, young Eddie grew up in the Midwest in the early 20th century. He worked hard to help support his family, but found time to build a "pushmobile," experience a thrilling ride in a horseless carriage, and come face-to-face with a moving train. Young readers will gasp as he rides a runaway mining cart that jumps the tracks and cheer at Eddie’s first auto racing victory. Included are fun facts about Eddie Rickenbacker's life and the America he grew up in.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA lively life story follows Rickenbacker from adventurous boyhood and family work to mechanical exploits, auto-racing success and later wartime distinction. The book also places his life within early twentieth-century America.
Eddie attempts flight with an umbrella and encounters a moving train and runaway mining cart during boyhood.
Young Eddie is described as helping support his family; his parents are identified as Swiss immigrants, and his childhood is placed in the early twentieth-century Midwest.
The narrative includes Eddie’s first auto-racing victory and identifies his later status as a World War I flying ace and Medal of Honor winner.
Some episodes involve apparent physical danger, including an attempted flight with an umbrella, a runaway mining cart and proximity to a moving train. Talk about what the book shows and how it frames these actions.
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