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1 online resource |
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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 |
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TWELVE Seekers of the InaccessibleConclusion: Where Have All the Skyboys Gone?; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Aeronautics -- Alaska -- History
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Bush pilots -- Alaska
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Aeronautics
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Bush pilots
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Alaska
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2015011383 |
| ISBN |
9780295806228 |
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0295806222 |
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