THE AVIATORS is the true story of Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, and Charles Lindbergh - three extraordinary Americans who between World War I and World War II pushed the limits of flight and redefined heroism through their genius, daring, and uncommon courage. Winston Groom"s rich narrative tells their intertwined stories - from broken homes to Medals of Honor (all three would receive them); barnstorming to the greatest raid of World War II; front-page triumph to anguished tragedy; and near death to ultimate survival - as all took to the sky time and again, to become exemplars of the spirit of the "greatest generation."