LEADER 03587oam 22006614a 450 001 9910969248703321 005 20240430175355.0 010 $a9780295806228 010 $a0295806222 024 7 $a10.1515/9780295806228 035 $a(CKB)3710000000473204 035 $a(EBL)4305973 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001554663 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16180262 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001554663 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14596420 035 $a(PQKB)11219923 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4305973 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11137338 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL842124 035 $a(OCoLC)921176280 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_81433 035 $a(Perlego)723807 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4305973 035 $a(DE-B1597)725388 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780295806228 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000473204 100 $a20150402d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAlaska's Skyboys$eCowboy Pilots and the Myth of the Last Frontier /$fKatherine Johnson Ringsmuth 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSeattle :$cUniversity of Washington Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ[2015] 215 $a1 online resource (310 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780295995083 311 08$a0295995084 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aTWELVE Seekers of the InaccessibleConclusion: Where Have All the Skyboys Gone?; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 8 $aThis fascinating account of the development of aviation in Alaska examines the daring missions of pilots who initially opened up the territory for military positioning and later for trade and tourism. Early Alaskan military and bush pilots navigated some of the highest and most rugged terrain on earth, taking off and landing on glaciers, mudflats, and active volcanoes. Although they were consistently portrayed by industry leaders and lawmakers alike as cowboys-and their planes compared to settlers' covered wagons-the reality was that aviation catapulted Alaska onto a modern, global stage; the federal government subsidized aviation's growth in the territory as part of the Cold War defense against the Soviet Union. Through personal stories, industry publications, and news accounts, historian Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth uncovers the ways that Alaska's aviation growth was downplayed in order to perpetuate the myth of the cowboy spirit and the desire to tame what many considered to be the last frontier. 606 $aBush pilots$zAlaska 606 $aAeronautics$zAlaska$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBush pilots 615 0$aAeronautics$xHistory. 676 $a629.13092/2798 700 $aRingsmuth$b Katherine Johnson$01189064 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969248703321 996 $aAlaska's Skyboys$94347708 997 $aUNINA