Mercy Pilot: The Joe Crosson Story

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Summary: Alaska Aviation
Review: An excellent biography on one of the foremost aviation pioneers in cold weather. The book is both well written and informative, containing many interesting photographs and maps pertaining to the life and career of Joe Crosson. The author gives an intriguing account of the early years of aviation in Alaska and the pacific northwest through the exploits of one of the era's greatest pilots. A good read for anyone interested in aviation or ALaska.

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Summary: Excellent Book!
Review: I've read just about all the books on the pioneer alaskan bush pilots that I can find, and this one is one of the better ones.

It has a great selection of photographs, some first hand accounts from Joe himself, and plenty of first hand recollections from Joe's wife. (Joe died many years ago, so the first hand accounts from Joe himself are hard to come by!)

I enjoyed reading this book and getting the other side of the same stories that can be read in "Noel Wien: Alaskan Pioneer Bush Pilot", "Flying Cold: The adventures of Russel Merrill", and others.

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Summary: Terrific reading from beginning to end
Review: Mercy Pilot: The Joe Crosson Story is the amazing biography by Dirk Tordoff of one of the most outstanding bush pilots in North America. Here is the impressive story of Joe Crosson whose pioneer work in forging Alaskan air routes, his service in flying mercy missions (including a famous 1929 search in Siberian winter darkness for a lost pilot and friend Carl Ben Eielson) is terrific reading from beginning to end. Black-and-white photographs enrich the descriptive text of a great flyer's achievements in this captivating biographical portrait, which is also a very strongly recommended addition to personal and academic Aviation Studies supplemental reading lists.