{"product_id":"jorgy-the-life-of-native-alaskan-bush-pilot-and-airline-captain-holger-jorgy-jorgensen-9780974922157","title":"Jorgy: the life of Native Alaskan bush pilot and airline captain Holger \"Jorgy\" Jorgensen","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJorgy: the life of Native Alaskan bush pilot and airline captain Holger \"Jorgy\" Jorgensen\u003c\/strong\u003e by Jean Lester. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780974922157.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Jorgy\" Jorgensen is a legendary Alaska Native bush pilot, but his life is much more than a great flying story. He was raised by his Inupiat Eskimo mother and his Norwegian gold-miner father in a tiny mining camp in interior Alaska. After his fathers death during the Depression, when Jorgy was only seven, they lived a subsistence lifestyle: Jorgy worked in the gold mines, ran a trap line, and mushed dogs. He served in Muktuk Marstons Alaska Territorial Guard and was a sergeant by the age of 17. After Pearl Harbor, he became Sig Wiens fire potter and gas boy, and learned to fly. He operated a dragline in the summers, he was a boxing champion, and he desegregated Nomes movie theater. His flying career was equally varied: he flew all across Alaska, carrying passengers and cargo. He delivered scientific equipment and supplies to the T-3 ice island, fresh fish to and from King Salmon, moved reindeer from Hagemeister Island; he flew in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, Canada. He flew from 1943 to 2001, logging more than 35,000 hours of flight time, with only one--minor--accident. Telling his extraordinary life story in spare, no-fuss fashion, this book allows a vivid glimpse into a tulmultuous and exciting period in aviation from the point of view of one of Alaskas early Native bush pilots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Brand: Ester Republic Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44982152462389,"sku":"ByrdShop_0974922153","price":226.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780974922157_27abeab1-0c04-442e-9e1f-9d1321bd88f2.jpg?v=1778829782","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/jorgy-the-life-of-native-alaskan-bush-pilot-and-airline-captain-holger-jorgy-jorgensen-9780974922157","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}