LIBROS DEL AUTOR: hans christian adamson

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  • Eddie Rickenbacker
    Hans Christian Adamson
    Eddie Rickenbacker, first published in 1946, is the biography of American World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973). The book portrays Eddie’s life through World War II, providing details of his childhood, his career as a race-car driver and owner of the Indianapolis Speedway, his experiences in France as a highly decorated flier, his efforts to create a car company...
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    21,84 €

  • Zoomies, Subs and Zeros
    Charles A. Lockwood / Hans Christian Adamson
    As air battles with Japanese fighter planes increased over the Pacific toward the end of World War 2, the Submarine Lifeguard League was formed to rescue Allied aviators forced to either “hit the silk” or zoom their plane into the drink. The League helped save the lives of hundreds of Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps pilots – including the life of future President George H. W....
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    37,76 €

  • Tragedy at Honda
    Charles A. Lockwood / Charles ALockwood / Hans Christian Adamson
    Known to seafarers as ’The Devil’s Jaw,’ Point Honda has lured ships to its jagged rocks on the coast of California for centuries, but its worst calamity occurred on 8 September, 1923, the night nine U.S. Navy destroyers ran into Honda’s fog-wrapped reefs. Admiral turned author Charles Lockwood (Sink ’Em All, Hellcats of the Sea) brilliantly recreates events as they happened, i...
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    17,21 €

  • Tragedy at Honda
    Charles A. Lockwood / Hans Christian Adamson
    Known to seafarers as the Devil’s Jaw, Point Honda has lured ships to its dangerous rocks on California’s coast for centuries, but its worst disaster occurred on 8 September 1923. That night nine U.S. Navy destroyers ran into Honda’s fog-wrapped reefs. Part of Destroyer Squadron 11, the ships were making a fast run from San Francisco to their homeport of San Diego as fog closed...
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    18,30 €