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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (876 download)
Download or read book Wrangell Mountain Skyboys written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295806222
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)
Download or read book Alaska's Skyboys written by Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Dana Atkins
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1040222684
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Aeronautical Decision-Making and Aviation Safety in the Alaskan Operational Setting written by Dana Atkins and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-09-19 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aeronautical Decision-Making and Aviation Safety in the Alaskan Operational Setting introduces the reader to the real-life experiences of aviators who fly in remote settings such as Alaska in the United States. It covers the challenges related to limited aviation infrastructure and support that affect human factors like aeronautical decision-making and its impact on aviation safety. Through a unique blend of meticulous case study analysis and semi-structured interviews with Alaskan pilots, this book offers a comprehensive understanding of the proverbial challenges of flying in Alaska. It uncovers the human factors elements specific to this environment, shedding light on the factors that influence a pilot’s decision-making, which may contribute to the high rate of accidents in Alaska and other remote regions. The content is supported by historical and socioeconomic perspectives on remote-setting aviation operations. Global perspectives are discussed with narratives from one author’s experiences flying to remote airstrips in Africa. The book concludes with practical recommendations to improve decision-making and aviation safety in these remote settings, making it a must-read for aviation professionals. This insightful research is not just for academic consumption. It is a practical guide for aviation professionals, including pilots, dispatch teams, air traffic controllers, and aviation support personnel. It offers valuable insights into the human factors involved in flying in Alaska, which can be directly applied in other aviation resource-constrained geographical regions, making it an indispensable resource for those in the field.
Author : Bob Devine
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426213395
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)
Download or read book Alaska written by Bob Devine and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tour of Alaska's history, landscape, geography, and culture includes photographs, illustrated sidebars, little-known facts, and maps as well as travel tips and practical recommendations for visitors to the forty-ninth state.
Author : E. Charles Adams
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816533636
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)
Download or read book The Protohistoric Pueblo World, A.D. 1275-1600 written by E. Charles Adams and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the centuries before the arrival of Europeans, the Pueblo world underwent nearly continuous reorganization. Populations moved from Chaco Canyon and the great centers of the Mesa Verde region to areas along the Rio Grande, the Little Colorado River, and the Mogollon Rim, where they began constructing larger and differently organized villages, many with more than 500 rooms. Villages also tended to occur in clusters that have been interpreted in a number of different ways. This book describes and interprets this period of southwestern history immediately before and after initial European contact, A.D. 1275-1600—a span of time during which Pueblo peoples and culture were dramatically transformed. It summarizes one hundred years of research and archaeological data for the Pueblo IV period as it explores the nature of the organization of village clusters and what they meant in behavioral and political terms. Twelve of the chapters individually examine the northern and eastern portions of the Southwest and the groups who settled there during the protohistoric period. The authors develop histories for settlement clusters that offer insights into their unique development and the variety of ways that villages formed these clusters. These analyses show the extent to which spatial clusters of large settlements may have formed regionally organized alliances, and in some cases they reveal a connection between protohistoric villages and indigenous or migratory groups from the preceding period. This volume is distinct from other recent syntheses of Pueblo IV research in that it treats the settlement cluster as the analytic unit. By analyzing how members of clusters of villages interacted with one another, it offers a clearer understanding of the value of this level of analysis and suggests possibilities for future research. In addition to offering new insights on the Pueblo IV world, the volume serves as a compendium of information on more than 400 known villages larger than 50 rooms. It will be of lasting interest not only to archaeologists but also to geographers, land managers, and general readers interested in Pueblo culture.
Author : Charles A. Wood
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521438117
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Volcanoes of North America written by Charles A. Wood and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-11-27 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details information about volcanoes found in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Canada.
Author : Colby Coombs
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1594851433
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (948 download)
Download or read book Alaska written by Colby Coombs and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2002-05-14 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Guidebook details 80 climbing routes throughout Alaska * Includes photos, many with route overlays, topo route maps, climbing difficulty and time information, ratings, and more Alaska mountain guides Mike Wood and Colby Coombs have teamed up to write this definitive climbing guidebook targeting the more experienced climber. This is the ultimate guidebook for every climber intending to scale the mountains of one of the nation's last best wild places. Alaska: A Climbing Guide offers climbers a range of routes in the Chugach Range, the Alaska Range, the Fairweather Range, and more. Each of the routes has been climbed, documented, checked, and double-checked by the authors to ensure accuracy and safety. Interesting personal experiences are included as are accounts of first ascents from Fred Beckey, John Krakauer, and David Roberts.
Author : Ronnie Milsap
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 : 9780070423749
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (237 download)
Download or read book Almost Like a Song written by Ronnie Milsap and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1990 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The blind Country and Western singer recounts his difficult childhood, describes the highlights of his professional career, and discusses the people and events that contributed to his success
Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : National Geographic Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 9780792261438
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (614 download)
Download or read book Nothing But Miracles written by Walt Whitman and published by National Geographic Children's Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining the verses of a poem from Walt Whitman's collection "Leaves of Grass" with charming collage illustrations of a cat family, Roth shows young readers how much there is to celebrate in nature and in life. Full color.
Author : Robert O Harder
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612513174
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Flying from the Black Hole written by Robert O Harder and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air Force navigators and bombardiers have long labored under the shadow of pilots—their contributions undervalued, misunderstood, or simply unknown to the general public. This was especially the case with the non-pilot officer aircrew in the Vietnam and Cold War-era B-52 Stratofortress. Of the six people who operated the bomber, three wore navigator wings—two of those men were also bombardiers, the other an electronic warfare officer. Without the navigator-bombardiers in particular, executing the nuclear war strike plan or flying Southeast Asian conventional bombing sorties would have been impossible. This book reveals who these men were and what they did down in the “Black Hole,” a story told by one of their own.
Author : James M. Kari
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 728 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary written by James M. Kari and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dictionary of the Ahtna language, one of the Athabaskan languages, spoken in the Copper River area of southcentral Alaska, by less than 100 persons in a total population of about 1200 of Ahtna descent.
Author : Jim McKinley
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 9781555001056
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Ahtna Travel Narratives written by Jim McKinley and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the world's foremost pedestrian foragers, the Ahtna tribe possesses a profound system of geographic knowledge that has facilitated travel and spatial cognition in Ahtna and other Athabascan languages. Shedding light on a number of precise landscape classifications, including Ahtna place names and river directionals, these indigenous travel narratives represent walking tours comprising more than one thousand miles of traditional routes and trails in the Ahtna-language area. Providing context for these narratives are maps, photos, interviews, and a wealth of ethnographic, linguistic, historical, and methodological information.
Author : James M. Kari
Publisher : Alaska Native Language Center
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Headwaters People's Country written by James M. Kari and published by Alaska Native Language Center. This book was released on 1986 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of 21 narratives focussing on stories about historical events and traditional territory. Also includes a small selection from the rich Upper Ahtna oral tradition.
Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781484884492
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (844 download)
Download or read book Song of Myself written by Walt Whitman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-05-04 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compiles both the first (1855) and final revised (1892) versions of Walt Whitman's masterpiece, "Song of Myself" in one volume, making it unique and valuable for students of American literature. Published by American Renaissance Books; see our other books at AmericanRenaissanceBooks.com.
Author : Frederica De Laguna
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Under Mount Saint Elias written by Frederica De Laguna and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history and culture of the Indians of Yakutat. Based on ethnographic field data collected in 1949, 1952, 1953 and 1954 and historical sources
Author : Kathryn Morse
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295989874
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (959 download)
Download or read book The Nature of Gold written by Kathryn Morse and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1896, a small group of prospectors discovered a stunningly rich pocket of gold at the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon rivers, and in the following two years thousands of individuals traveled to the area, hoping to find wealth in a rugged and challenging setting. Ever since that time, the Klondike Gold Rush - especially as portrayed in photographs of long lines of gold seekers marching up Chilkoot Pass - has had a hold on the popular imagination. In this first environmental history of the gold rush, Kathryn Morse describes how the miners got to the Klondike, the mining technologies they employed, and the complex networks by which they obtained food, clothing, and tools. She looks at the political and economic debates surrounding the valuation of gold and the emerging industrial economy that exploited its extraction in Alaska, and explores the ways in which a web of connections among America’s transportation, supply, and marketing industries linked miners to other industrial and agricultural laborers across the country. The profound economic and cultural transformations that supported the Alaska-Yukon gold rush ultimately reverberate to modern times. The story Morse tells is often narrated through the diaries and letters of the miners themselves. The daunting challenges of traveling, working, and surviving in the raw wilderness are illustrated not only by the miners’ compelling accounts but by newspaper reports and advertisements. Seattle played a key role as “gateway to the Klondike.” A public relations campaign lured potential miners to the West and local businesses seized the opportunity to make large profits while thousands of gold seekers streamed through Seattle. The drama of the miners’ journeys north, their trials along the gold creeks, and their encounters with an extreme climate will appeal not only to scholars of the western environment and of late-19th-century industrialism, but to readers interested in reliving the vivid adventure of the West’s last great gold rush.
Author : Vladimir Kanovei
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107026857
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Canonical Ramsey Theory on Polish Spaces written by Vladimir Kanovei and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lays the foundations for a new area of descriptive set theory: the connection between forcing and analytic equivalence relations.
