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Excerpt from Fighting the Flying CircusEddie Rickenbacker's stories of his air battles in France are of exciting interest, both in the narration of the thrilling adventures with enemy airmen and in the revealment to the reader of his intimate thoughts and feelings, as he went out day after day to attack the boasted champions of the German Air Service.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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In 1852 Ohio, twelve-year-old Owen steals aboard a floating circus called the River Palace, with nothing more in mind than catching a little of the show. But then a free black man named Solomon offers to take him on as an assistant animal keeper, and Owen discovers a family among the ragtag members of the circus-including a young elephant named Little Bet. A brush with yellowfever in New Orleans and a devastating storm threaten the boat and its crew. But it's the menace of slave catchers that poses the greatest danger of all, and that will put Owen's loyalty to Solomon and Little Bet to the test. This is a memorable tale of prejudice, race, and the relationships that transcend them. Inspired by the riverboat circuses of the nineteenth century, it also brings little known historical facts to life. TRACIE VAUGHN ZIMMER has worked as a special education teacher and reading specialist. She is also the creator of more than 80 teacher's guides for numerous publishers and has published poetry books as well as the novel Reaching for Sun. Tracie lives outside Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband and two children. www.tracievaughnzimmer.com PRAISE FOR REACHING FOR SUN: "Like taking slow bites from a piece of homemade lemon pie-sharp sweet and honest." -Linda Sue Park, Newbery Medal winner "Josie's strength shines as she handles sadness and loss as well as recovery and progress."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Fighting the Flying Circus is the personal account of Eddie Rickenbacker, an American pilot who is considered to have been the most successful one in the American air forces. In this wartime journal, the former pilot details his missions, his mistakes, his development as a pilot and the race for wins that probably made him the most recognized American Ace of the Great War. Eddie Rickenbacker is the top surviving ace of the First World War. He has 26 confirmed aerial victories which he somehow managed while piloting older plane models than the Germans had. He has been the leader of the Aero Squadron that has not only made a name of itself in the war, but it has also managed to obtain important victories on the Western Front. The name of the novel comes from the infamous Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte or German Air Force that was dubbed The Flying Circus. The fierce and skilled talented German pilots were led by the most famous pilot of the entire war, the Red Baron. Eddie Rickenbacker shares his experiences while in battle against these formidable adversaries while also reflecting on how he felt about the war and how he viewed conflicts and wins. Eddie Rickenbacker modestly writes about his volunteer missions to fly alone above enemy lines, or how he selflessly engaged in battle to secure wins for his team even though he was outnumbered. The former pilot does not share the same views of infantry men, as his missions keep him far above the mud of the trenches that characterized the Great War. Readers will be both entertained and astounded by the courage this man managed to show during his service in what was the first scale conflict to make use of planes beyond the scouting scope.