Bush Pilots: Daredevils of the Wilderness - Couverture souple

Boer, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1894864123 ISBN 13 : 9781894864121

Editeur : Folklore Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

It takes a special recipe one part courage, one part skill, a big dash of crazy to make a bush pilot. These unique aviators, flying over the vast wildernesses of the United States, Canada and Australia, often reach the status of legends. In this book, Peter Boer looks at famous Canadian bush pilots, many of them former fighter pilots of the Second World War. These brave young men and women took to the skies to bring food, medicines and mail to isolated Canadian communities. The names of men such as Wop May and Punch Dickins are synonymous with courage in the face of hardship. The remarkable stories of May and Dickins, as well as those of Doc Oaks, Fred Stevenson, James Caldwell, Chuck McAvoy, Vi Milstead, Con Farrell and many others, are told in this entertaining collection.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Award-winning and bestselling author Peter Boer has a background in journalism having served as co-editor and reporter for the St. Albert Gazette. Peter is a graduate of the journalism program at Concordia University in Montreal, and he has a degree in psychology from the University of Alberta. He has a dozen other books to his credit including the bestseller Bush Pilots: Canada's Wilderness Daredevils, as well as Canadian Spies and Spies in Canada, Canadian Crime Investigations: Hunting Down Serial Killers and Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Folklore Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1894864123
• ISBN 13: 9781894864121
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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