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Alaska's Skyboys: Cowboy Pilots and the Myth of the Last Frontier Hardcover - 2015

by Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth


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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.

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  • Title Alaska's Skyboys: Cowboy Pilots and the Myth of the Last Frontier
  • Author Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 310
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Washington Press
  • Date 2015-10-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780295995083 / 0295995084
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6 x 1.2 in (23.11 x 15.24 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
  • Library of Congress subjects Aeronautics - Alaska - History, Bush pilots - Alaska
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015011383
  • Dewey Decimal Code 629.130

About the author

Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth teaches history at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, and is owner of the public history consulting business Tundra Vision.

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