Alaska Cavalcade
Title | Alaska Cavalcade PDF eBook |
Author | Dean F. Sherman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 1943 |
Genre | Alaska |
ISBN |
Alaska's Skyboys
Title | Alaska's Skyboys PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth |
Publisher | University of Washington Press |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2015-10-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0295806222 |
This fascinating account of the development of aviation in Alaska examines the daring missions of pilots who initially opened up the territory for military positioning and later for trade and tourism. Early Alaskan military and bush pilots navigated some of the highest and most rugged terrain on earth, taking off and landing on glaciers, mudflats, and active volcanoes. Although they were consistently portrayed by industry leaders and lawmakers alike as cowboys—and their planes compared to settlers’ covered wagons—the reality was that aviation catapulted Alaska onto a modern, global stage; the federal government subsidized aviation’s growth in the territory as part of the Cold War defense against the Soviet Union. Through personal stories, industry publications, and news accounts, historian Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth uncovers the ways that Alaska’s aviation growth was downplayed in order to perpetuate the myth of the cowboy spirit and the desire to tame what many considered to be the last frontier.
Alaska
Title | Alaska PDF eBook |
Author | Library of Congress. Division of Bibliography |
Publisher | |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 1943 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN |
Alaska Life
Title | Alaska Life PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 714 |
Release | 1945 |
Genre | Alaska |
ISBN |
Bulletin
Title | Bulletin PDF eBook |
Author | Pennsylvania. Dept. of Public Instruction |
Publisher | |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 1951 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Alaska Shipwrecks 1750-2015
Title | Alaska Shipwrecks 1750-2015 PDF eBook |
Author | Captain Warren Good |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 742 |
Release | 2018-07-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1387981145 |
ALASKA SHIPWRECKS 1750-2015 is an encyclopedic accounting of all shipwrecks and losses of life in the Alaska Marine environment. Compiled and written by Captain Warren Good with research assistance and extensive consultation provided by maritime historian Michael Burwell this book is filled with a wealth of information for those interested in Alaska maritime history and the multitude of associated tragedies. Included are details of all known wrecks including vessel information, crew member and passenger names, locations, first hand descriptions of events and sources of all information. In addition, comprehensive comments by Captain Warren Good further elaborate on the location and disposition of many of the disasters.
Bulletin
Title | Bulletin PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 1951 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |