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The map of my dead pilots : the dangerous game of flying in Alaska / Colleen Mondor.

Mondor, Colleen Catherine. (Author).
  • ISBN: 9780762773619
  • ISBN: 0762773618
  • Description: xii, 242 p. ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Guilford, CT : Lyons Press, c2012.

Available copies

  • 5 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).

Current holds

0 current holds with 5 total copies.

Library Location Call Number Status Due Date
Danvers Adult Nonfiction TL 539 M58 2012 (Text to phone) Available -
Gloucester Adult Nonfiction 387.7/Mondor (Text to phone) Available -
Reading Adult Nonfiction 387.7 MON (Text to phone) Available -
Stoneham Adult Nonfiction Mezzanine 387.7092 MON (Text to phone) Available -
Swampscott Thomson Room 387.7 M (Text to phone) Available -

Contents: The truth about flying -- The question of why -- On the ramp -- Onto the ice -- Flying cloud -- The dead body contract -- Finding the walls of a box canyon -- On the other side of the mountains -- Mercy flight -- Dropping through a hole in the sky -- With Saint-Ex in South America -- The good pilot -- The worst cargo in the world -- The map of my dead pilots -- Getting lost -- What happened to Bryce Donovan -- Looking for Ben Eielson -- One hundred crash stories -- Our missing aviator -- Sam's story -- Reckoning.
Summary: Explores the history of Alaskan aviation, discussing small plane piloting in the wildest territory of the United States.

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