Clouddancer´s Alaskan Chronicles - Volume III
At times the price paid for the joys and freedoms of gallivanting about the arctic skies was far too steep. Some paid with their lives. And some were my friends.
CloudDancer
Alaskan Chronicles fans need look no further than the front cover, to know this book is a dramatic change from CloudDancer's first two humorous literary efforts. The new cover reflects the somber theme of the stories within. So what's happened? Did Cloudy run out of funny stories? No.
GoudDancer still loves a good laugh or great flying story. When combined, all is right with the world. (Adding a gorgeous dame and a Bacardi and Coke helps too.) Another volume of Arctic flying funnies someday is a given.
But, a while back, desperate to find an inner peace, and extinguish smoldering embers of anger that had glowed within for decades, CloudDancer wrote"Chains and Padlocks." It recounts the loss of two people he loved deeply. Internet response was overwhelmingly positive. And CloudDancer feit the exercise had helped to keep the inner demons at bay.
Thus the genesis of this book/ a collection of drama-filled tragedies. The little humor within is mostly ironic. All are written from the perspective of his direct involvement, as either a participant, or an observer of the drama. Seems Arctic flying, while mostly fun, is not always funny. All too often, peopie get killed doing it. Sometimes they're your friends.
Today a major airline Captain, CloudDancer logged his first flying hours at age 1 3 in 1 967. His 24,000 + hours includes 1 2,000 over arctic Alaska. Those hours provided the drama and suspense contained herein. Since running away at age 1 9 to Alaska, CloudDancer remains devoted to "the Great Land".
Softcover
146 Seiten / pages
Very good condition, like new
New York - Lincoln - Shanghai - 2010 - iUniverse
Art.Nr. 13972
