Alaska's Skyboys : Cowboy Pilots and the Myth of the Last Frontier / / Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth
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| Autore: |
Ringsmuth Katherine Johnson
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| Titolo: |
Alaska's Skyboys : Cowboy Pilots and the Myth of the Last Frontier / / Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth
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| Pubblicazione: | Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , [2015] |
| ©[2015] | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 629.13092/2798 |
| Soggetto topico: | Bush pilots - Alaska |
| Aeronautics - Alaska - History | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Alaska's skyboys |
| ISBN: | 0-295-80622-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910461725903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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