Dermot Cole

Frank Barr

Alaskan Pioneer Bush Pilot and One-Man Airline

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Meet Frank Barr, who flew every early plane from the Jenny to the Super Cub, carrying passengers and freight to remote villages in Alaska and the Yukon.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: West Margin Press
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 179g
• ISBN-13: 9780882405254
• ISBN-10: 088240525X
• Artikelnr.: 22333528

Autorenporträt

Dermot Cole is a long-time newspaper columnist for theFairbanks Daily News-Miner. Cole grew up in Pennsylvaniaand lived in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Montana before movingto Alaska at the start of the pipeline boom. He studied journalismat the University of Alaska Fairbanks and was named aMichigan Journalism Fellow in 1986-87 at the University ofMichigan. He also worked for the Associated Press in Seattle.He lives north of Fairbanks with his wife, journalist DebbieCarter, and their children, Connor, Aileen, and Anne. Theyenjoy cross-country skiing in winter and camping, soccer, andsoftball in the summer.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 - Lost on Wolf Lake
Chapter 2 - Those Who Didn't
Chapter 3 - A Cavalryman on the Mexican Border
Chapter 4 - Flying High in Detroit
Chapter 5 - The Mitchell Drinking Expedition
Chapter 6 - Adventures in Atlin
Chapter 7 - A Shoestring Operation
Chapter 8 - Flying the Submarine
Chapter 9 - The Search for Barr
Chapter 10 - Highways in the Skies
Chapter 11 - Airmail on the Kuskokwim
Chapter 12 - Alaska Goes to War
Chapter 13 - Flying for Alaska Airlines
Chapter 14 - A Roving Bush Pilot
Chapter 15 - Flying is Better than Walking
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About the Author