978-0-9823271-0-4 Pilot Down, Presumed Dead (paperback)
Edition: Special Illustrated Edition (27 images)
Publisher: Adventure Books of Seattle
Published: March, 2009
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Format: Perfect bound
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780982327104
Copyright date: 1963, 2009 by Marjorie Phleger, Dr Rick Phleger, and Marjorie (Phleger) Lavonas
Subjects: Survival -- Fiction.; Baja California (Mexico) -- Fiction.
First sentence: The bright blue of the August sky was relieved by occasional puffs of white clouds as Steve Ferris climbed into his single-engine plane to fly back to the United States.
Description: Marjorie Phleger's timeless tale of a young Cessna pilot who crash lands on a deserted island far off the Mexican coast and learns how to interact with nature and survive. This book appears on hundreds of recommended reading lists for both young and old.
Notes: This book has been published by Harper Collins and others since 1963. In 2008, Adventure Books of Seattle acquired the rights to the book and released a Special Illustrated Edition in 6 x 9 paperback and hardcover with dust jacket.