Lowell Thomas Jr
Subtitle: flight to adventure, Alaska and beyond
By: Lowell Thomas, Jr. with Lew Freedman
Contributors: Freedman, Lew
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Portland, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780882409146
Subjects: Explorers; Biography; Air pilots; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous
Description: "Lowell Thomas Jr. is a famed Alaskan who made his mark as a Bush pilot and by serving in state government, but who also has had a lifetime's worth of adventures that have taken him around the world. Thomas, now eighty-nine, and living in Anchorage, is the son of one of the most widely known Americans of the twentieth century, and his connection to Lowell Thomas Sr. (1892-1981) enabled him to jump-start his life of adventure at a very early age. From the time he was fifteen, Lowell Thomas Jr. has been involved in a series of journeys that have seen him cross paths with many famous lives and take part in many historic events"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:  TABLE OF CONTENTS; title: About the Authors; title: Introduction; title: Chapter 1 Flight to Adventure; title: Chapter 2 Early Life; title: Chapter 3 First Adventure; title: Chapter 4 Welcome to Alaska; title: Chapter 5 College and the Military; title: Chapter 6 Going to Work; title: Chapter 7 To the Forbidden Roof of the World; title: Chapter 8 With the Dalai Lama in Lhasa; title: Chapter 9 Life and Death on the Tibetan Trail; title: Chapter 10 Two Lifetime Passions: Tay and Flying; title: Chapter 11 Around the World; title: Chapter 12 Welcome to Africa; title: Chapter 13 The Rwenzori Mountains, the Congo, and Kenya; title: Chapter 14 Into the Desert; title: Chapter 15 With the Nomads; title: Chapter 16 North to Alaska; title: Chapter 17 Earthquake; title: Chapter 18 Flying Alaska; title: Chapter 19 Around the World a New Way; title: Chapter 20 Politics and Conservation; title: Chapter 21 Skiing; title: Chapter 22 Mount McKinley Flight Adventures; title: Chapter 23 Flying Another Soloist; title: Chapter 24 To Russia with Love; title: Chapter 25 Flying into the Sunset; title: Sources; title: Index.