Alaska skyboys : cowboy pilots and the myth of the last frontier /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ringsmuth, Katherine Johnson
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Aeronautics > Alaska > History.
Bush pilots > Alaska.
Pilotes de brousse > Alaska.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Aeronautics
Bush pilots
Alaska
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; ALASKA'S SKYBOYS; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Why Buck Taylor and Not Buck Rogers?; ONE Cowboys, Sourdoughs, and Alaska Bush Pilots; TWO Mines, Mail, and Mercy Flights; THREE Mudflat Takeoffs and Glacier Landings; FOUR The Copper Belt Line; FIVE Taming the "Wild North"; SIX World War II, Reeve's Field, and the Northern Air Route; SEVEN The Last Casualties of Fog and War; EIGHT From Air Carrier to Cordova Airlines; NINE Soaring Spies, Surveyors, and Scientists; TEN The Flying Huntsman; ELEVEN Creating an Airplane Culture.
  • TWELVE Seekers of the InaccessibleConclusion: Where Have All the Skyboys Gone?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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