Lowell Thomas Jr., Lew Freedman

Lowell Thomas Jr. (eBook, ePUB)

Flight to Adventure, Alaska and Beyond

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Produktbeschreibung

Lowell Thomas Jr. is a famed Alaskan who made his mark as a Bush pilot and by serving in state government, but who also has had a lifetime's worth of adventures that have taken him around the world. Thomas, now eighty?nine, and living in Anchorage, is the son of one of the most widely known Americans of the twentieth century, and his connection to Lowell Thomas Sr. (1892?1981) enabled him to jump?start his life of adventure at a very early age. From the time he was fifteen, Lowell Thomas Jr. has been involved in a series of journeys that have seen him cross paths with many famous lives and take part in many historic events.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780882409832
• Artikelnr.: 39602606

Autorenporträt

Lowell Thomas Jr. has led a life of adventure, traveling around the world. Since 1960 he has been based in Anchorage, Alaska, where he lives with his wife, Tay, of more than sixty-three years. An author, filmmaker, and devoted small-plane pilot for about sixty-five years, and one who has approximately 1.2 million miles of flight time at the controls on his resume, Thomas is a passionate conservationist and has been honored for his work in preserving the Alaska wilderness.

Inhaltsangabe

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
About the Authors
Introduction                                                    
                       
 
Chapter 1   Flight to Adventure                              
                  
Chapter 2   Early Life                             
                              
Chapter 3   First Adventure                    
                              
Chapter 4   Welcome to Alaska                                            
Chapter 5   College and the Military    
                                     
Chapter 6   Going to Work                    
                              
Chapter 7   To the Forbidden Roof of the World                
Chapter 8   With the Dalai Lama in Lhasa                           
Chapter 9   Life and Death on the Tibetan Trail              
Chapter 10  Two Lifetime Passions: Tay and Flying         
Chapter 11  Around the World                                            
Chapter 12  Welcome to Africa                                           
Chapter 13  The Rwenzori Mountains, the Congo, and Kenya
Chapter 14  Into the Desert                     
                             
Chapter 15  With the Nomads                                               
Chapter 16  North to Alaska                    
                             
Chapter 17  Earthquake                             
                             
Chapter 18  Flying Alaska            
                                          
Chapter 19  Around the World a New Way                           
Chapter 20  Politics and Conservation                                   
Chapter 21 Skiing                                            
                       
Chapter 22 Mount McKinley Flight Adventures                    
Chapter 23 Flying Another Soloist                                          
Chapter 24 To Russia with Love                                            
Chapter 25 Flying into the Sunset                                          
 
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Index