02337oam 22005654a 450 991046172590332120211004152712.00-295-80622-2(CKB)3710000000473204(EBL)4305973(SSID)ssj0001554663(PQKBManifestationID)16180262(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001554663(PQKBWorkID)14596420(PQKB)11219923(MiAaPQ)EBC4305973(Au-PeEL)EBL4305973(CaPaEBR)ebr11137338(CaONFJC)MIL842124(OCoLC)921176280(MdBmJHUP)musev2_81433(EXLCZ)99371000000047320420150402d2015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAlaska's SkyboysCowboy Pilots and the Myth of the Last Frontier /Katherine Johnson RingsmuthSeattle :University of Washington Press,[2015]©[2015]1 online resource (310 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-295-99508-4 Includes bibliographical references.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 CultureTWELVE Seekers of the InaccessibleConclusion: Where Have All the Skyboys Gone?; Notes; Bibliography; IndexBush pilotsAlaskaAeronauticsAlaskaHistoryElectronic books. Bush pilotsAeronauticsHistory.629.13092/2798Ringsmuth Katherine Johnson986328MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910461725903321Alaska's skyboys2254266UNINA