| Pilot of Fortune: The extraordinary true-life adventures of aviation pioneer and trailblazer Sheldon Luck Contributor(s): Beaudoin, Ted (Author) |
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ISBN: 1943492174 ISBN-13: 9781943492176 Publisher: ELM Grove Publishing OUR PRICE: $34.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Aviation - History | Canada - General - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.36 lbs) 314 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: NEW EDITION REVISED AND EXPANDED From barnstormer to bush flyer to airline pilot, wartime ferry pilot and airborne firefighter, no job was too big, too small or too hazardous for William Floyd Sheldon Luck. He ferried Gold Rush miners to distant claims in the Yukon, then carried hookers to visit the miners. He delivered unarmed aircraft across the Atlantic in World War II and carried top secret messages across occupied France for Winston Churchill. He blazed a trail of routes over Northwest Canada and later helped establish a chain of early warning radar stations across the Arctic Circle. His amazing aviation career spanned more than fifty years, yet few today are familiar with his name. Pilot of Fortune is a glorious collage of anecdotes about Sheldon's many adventures. All the accidents and incidents, and the many characters he met along the way, beautifully chronicled by acclaimed Canadian author Ted Beaudoin. Meticulously researched and compiled from hundreds of interviews and recollections of those who knew Sheldon Luck best - those who lived with him, worked with him and flew alongside him - Pilot of Fortune is poignant, exciting and often hilarious - a must-read for anyone with an interest in aviation history and a fondness for its larger-than-life heroes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Beaudoin, Ted: - "Canadian author Ted Beaudoin has earned two national writing award citations as a writer for various North American electronic and print media - ranging from daily and weekly newspapers to commercial and corporate magazines and radio and television. During all these years, he acquired what he claims is an absolute love of, and fascination for, histories - of all kinds, but especially aviation history. He decided years ago to dedicate his writing career to aviation and aviation history - private, military, civilian and commercial. Ted Beaudoin currently resides in Welland, Ontario." |