Lowell Thomas Jr. : flight to adventure, Alaska and beyond

Thomas, Lowell 1923- (Author). Freedman, Lew. (Added Author).

Summary: "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"--

Record details

ISBN: 088240914X (hardback)
ISBN: 9780882409146 (hardback)
Physical Description: 433 pages ; 25 cm
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Publisher: Portland, Oregon : Alaska Northwest Books, [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: TABLE OF CONTENTS -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Flight to Adventure -- Chapter 2 Early Life -- Chapter 3 First Adventure -- Chapter 4 Welcome to Alaska -- Chapter 5 College and the Military -- Chapter 6 Going to Work -- Chapter 7 To the Forbidden Roof of the World -- Chapter 8 With the Dalai Lama in Lhasa -- Chapter 9 Life and Death on the Tibetan Trail -- Chapter 10 Two Lifetime Passions: Tay and Flying -- Chapter 11 Around the World -- Chapter 12 Welcome to Africa -- Chapter 13 The Rwenzori Mountains, the Congo, and Kenya -- Chapter 14 Into the Desert -- Chapter 15 With the Nomads -- Chapter 16 North to Alaska -- Chapter 17 Earthquake -- Chapter 18 Flying Alaska -- Chapter 19 Around the World a New Way -- Chapter 20 Politics and Conservation -- Chapter 21 Skiing -- Chapter 22 Mount McKinley Flight Adventures -- Chapter 23 Flying Another Soloist -- Chapter 24 To Russia with Love -- Chapter 25 Flying into the Sunset -- Sources -- Index.