Lowell Thomas Jr.
Alaska Northwest Books (Verlag)
978-0-88240-914-6 (ISBN)
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. Lew Freedman is a longtime journalist and former sports editor of the Anchorage Daily News in Alaska, where he lived for seventeen years. The author of nearly sixty books, Freedman has won more than 250 journalism awards. He and his wife, Debra, live in Indiana.
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
Sources
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.11.2013 |
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Zusatzinfo | 50 black-and-white photographs |
Verlagsort | Portland |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 166 x 241 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Kunst / Musik / Theater | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 0-88240-914-X / 088240914X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-88240-914-6 / 9780882409146 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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