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High journey : a decade in the pilgrimage of an air line pioneer
- Title
- High journey : a decade in the pilgrimage of an air line pioneer / by Carleton Putnam.
- Author
- Putnam, Carleton, 1901-1998
- Publication
- New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1945.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | 1053.7395 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Croll, Morris W. (Morris William), 1872-1947
- Description
- viii p., 1 ., 308 p. illus. (maps); 21 cm.
- Summary
- "Here is a thrilling story of a line squall in Missouri, a surprise landing in the in the Painted Desert that led the author to a death bed scene in a lonely Navajo camp, a hauntingly beautiful record of visits to the Franciscan missions in California, a descent into an almost forgotten frontier tragedy in Utah, and a series of breath taking ventures into remote Wyoming mountain valleys." Dust jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- autobiographies (literary works)
- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies.
- Note
- Autobiographical.
- Provenance (note)
- Presentation copy to Morris Croll with inscription by author.
- Contents
- pt. I.I seek a road. Robin in the window ; First solo ; A new horizon ; Eastern interlude ; Westward bearing -- pt. II. Star in the West. Missouri line squall ; Return to the desert ; On the Western Navajo ; California June ; Mountain meadows ; Landing at the Eatons' ; Wyoming summer ; Decision at North Platte -- pt. III. Main trace. Pacific seaboard ; The springs of hope ; Thunder in the East ; The long chance ; Flight two ; Voice in the wilderness ; Senate gallery -- pt. IV. The vista broadens. Louisiana prelude ; New Orleans ; My Washington -- pt. V. Pilgrim's reckoning. The years of grace ; What, then, is freedom?
- LCCN
- 45003759
- OCLC
- ocm01492058
- 1492058
- SCSB-592015
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library