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Autore: | Ringsmuth Katherine Johnson |
Titolo: | Alaska's Skyboys : Cowboy Pilots and the Myth of the Last Frontier / / Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth |
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.: | 9910823576003321 |
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