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- English
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About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Flight to Adventure
- Chapter 2 Early Life
- Chapter 3 First Adventure
- Chapter 4 Climbing an Alaskan Mountain at Sixteen
- 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 Threatening Challenges on the Tibetan Trail
- Chapter 10 Two Lifetime Passions: Tay and Flying
- Chapter 11 Around the World
- Chapter 12 Welcome to Africa: The Western Desert and Timbuktu
- Chapter 13 The Congo, the Rwenzori Mountains, and Kenya
- Chapter 14 Following the Nile to Cairo and Wadi Rum
- Chapter 15 With the Nomads in Afghanistan
- 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 Passion for Skiing
- Chapter 22 Mount McKinley Flight Adventures
- Chapter 23 Flying Another McKinley Soloist
- Chapter 24 To Russia with Love
- Chapter 25 Flying into the Sunset
- A Note About Sources
- Index