Author: Lee WulffPublisher: Dutton Adult
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Author: Lee WulffAngler
Author: Barton GellmanPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781594201868
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Contending with Kennan evaluates the ways in which Dick Cheney has redefined the role of the American vice presidency by assuming unprecedented responsibilities and wielding history-making power. 200,000 first printing.
The Alaska Bush Pilot Chronicles
Author: Mort MasonPublisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 1616731419
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Readers of Flying the Alaska Wild marveled at Mort Mason’s true tales of braving the elements at the extremes in a Piper Super Cub. But the bush pilot, adventurer, and raconteur was just beginning, and in this book he revisits his most memorable moments of flying by the seat of his pants through blizzards and white-outs, on assignments at times hazardous and sometimes simply whacky, always with a sense of humor and due respect for the limitless wilds of Alaska beneath his wings. The world of a bush pilot really is the final frontier, and for thirty years Mort Mason was there, clocking enough heart-stopping miles to make most life-stories utterly incredible. In The Alaska Bush Pilot Chronicles Mason recounts more of his unlikely adventures in the face of Alaska’s unforgiving weather and terrain. His stories gives readers the rare chance to experience the disappearing thrills and challenges of meeting the American frontier on its own unyielding terms.
Angler
Author: Barton GellmanPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 144062982X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
The landmark exposé of the most powerful and secretive vice president in American history Barton Gellman shared the Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for a keen-edged reckoning with Dick Cheney's domestic agenda in The Washington Post. In Angler, Gellman goes far beyond that series to take on the full scope of Cheney's work and its consequences, including his hidden role in the Bush administration's most fateful choices in war: shifting focus from al Qaeda to Iraq, unleashing the National Security Agency to spy at home, and promoting cruel and inhumane methods of interrogation. Packed with fresh insights and untold stories, Gellman parts the curtains of secrecy to show how the vice president operated and what he wrought. An inspiration for the film Vice, starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, and Steve Carrell.
The Bush Pilot's Daughters
Author: David CristwellPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411687124
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Softcover - Erica Denny was not yet fifteen when her mother died. She wanted to run, not run away, but move far, far away from the subdivision near Dallas, Texas. Erica's father, Alan had little desire to carry on without his wife. Coupled with her drive to get far away from there and the need to make her father feel as though he had something to live for, Erica used a long flickering desire of Alan's to start life anew in Alaska. Follow them on their new adventures. The third book in "David Cristwell's Alaska" series chronologically.
AIR CRASH INVESTIGATIONS: LOST...The Crash of American Airlines Flight 965
Author: George Cramoisi, editorPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105639266
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
On December 20, 1995, American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757-223, was on a scheduled passenger flight from Miami, Florida, U.S.A., to Cali, Colombia. Close to its final destination the pilots erroneously cleared the approach waypoints from their navigation computer. When the controller asked the pilots to check back in over Tulua, north of Cali, it was no longer programmed into the computer. They were lost and the aircraft crashed into a mountain. Of the 163 people on board, 4 passengers survived miraculously the accident.
Bush Pilot
Author: Clarence MoorePublisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460271483
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Following the adventures found in Chilcotin Cowboys in Airplanes, author Clarence Moore delights us again with Bush Pilot. Moore's personal accounts will truly have you "fly by the seat of your pants" with his experiences of commercial flying over the raw splendor of the Cariboo and Chilcotin areas, the mountain ranges, and along the coast of British Columbia. Moore seats you in the cockpits of the many machines he has piloted moving supplies and people to remote areas where few have been, nature reigns but the Grizzly is King. From his first solo flight in 1953, Moore welcomes you aboard sitting you in the pilot's seat to share his adventures as a bush pilot. His advice: keep your butt attached and the aircraft in one piece, no need looking for trouble, it will find you be ready!
The Art of the Trout Fly
Author: Judith DunhamPublisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811841566
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The trout fly is both a tool for catching fish and an object of exquisite beauty. Newly reissued in a handsome hardcover edition, The Art of the Trout Fl captures the blending of art and function in these amazing constructions of fur, feather, fiber, and thread. Forty-three international masters of flytying share the secrets of their craft in wise and witty personal essays, each accompanied by a gorgeously rendered photograph of their most distinctive creations, as well as a list of the materials used to bring the flies to life. Also included is an illuminating introduction discussing the contributions of the flytyers to fly design, and exploring why tyers the world over are so fascinated by the craft. A justly celebrated classic, The Art of the Trout Fly is an excellent introduction to flytying for the novice and a valuable source of information and inspiration for the experienced fly-fisher.
Author: Ernest Schwiebert