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049 _aMAIN
100 1 _aBristow, David
_q(David L.),
_e1
245 1 0 _aFlight to the top of the world :
_bthe adventures of Walter Wellman /
_cDavid L. Bristow.
260 _aLincoln :
_bUniversity of Nebraska Press,
_c(c)2018.
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _aPart 1. Newsman in the Far North, 1891-1899 1. In Search of Christopher Columbus: The Bahamas, June 1891 --
_tArctic Enthusiasm Is an Intermittent Fever: Washington DC, February 1894 --
_tA Dog Show and the Seven Islands: Belgium, Norway, and Spitsbergen, April-May 1894 --
_tShipwrecked at the Hotel White Bear: Spitsbergen, May-July, 1894 --
_tThe President Cannot Be Stampeded: Washington DC, February-May 1898 --
_tLike Opening a Grave: Northbrook Island, Franz Josef Land, July 28, 1898 --
_tTell Them What It Was Like for Us Here: Franz Josef Land, August-December, 1898 --
_tThe Strenuous Life: Franz Josef Land, February-July 1899 --
_tPart 2. The Insider, 1900-1904 --
_tThe People Are Barely Able to Exist: Washington DC, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, April-August 1902 --
_tWith Johnny D'Mitch and the Coal Barons: Washington DC and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, August-October 1902 --
_tThis Crime against Organized Labor: Colorado and Washington DC, June-December, 1904 --
_tPart 3. The Polar Airship, 1905-1909 --
_tMotor Sledges and Airships: Washington DC, 1903-1906 --
_tThe Scheme Was Crazy Enough to Seem Workable: Paris, France, and Tromso, Norway, January-June 1906 --
_tThe Airship Station on Virgo Bay: Danes Island, Spitsbergen, July-August 1906 --
_tWellman vs. Peary: Washington DC, November 1906-May 1907 --
_tBalloons, Aeroplanes, and the Acrobatic Photographer: Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, and France, 1901-1907 --
_tGo? Of Course. What Else Are We Here For?: Danes Island, Spitsbergen, July-September 1907 --
_tLost in a Snowstorm above the Polar Sea: Spitsbergen, September 2, 1907 --
_tCampaigns and Dollars: Washington DC and various locations, 1908-1909 --
_tUnder the Ice, Over the Ice: Danes Island, Spitsbergen, 1908-1909 --
_tNowhere Does His Story Ring True: Norway, Denmark, France, and the United States, September-November 1909 --
_tPart 4. The Atlantic Ocean, 1910-1912 --
_tMr. Wellman's Unbusinesslike Charm: Chicago, New York, and the White Nile River in Egyptian Sudan, February-March 1910 --
_tThe Funniest Damn Ship I Ever Joined: Atlantic City, New Jersey, July-August 1910 --
_tThe Airship, Bringer of Total War and Universal Peace: Osawatomie, Kansas, and Atlantic City, New Jersey, August-September 1910 --
_tThe Aero-Not: Atlantic City, August-October 1910 --
_tIt's Europe or Bust from This Minute On: Atlantic City, October 15, 1910 --
_tOnly a Question of Time When We Blow Up: Atlantic City, New York City, and the Long Island Coast, October 15, 1910 --
_tThe Queen of Spades: Nantucket Shoals, North Atlantic Ocean, October 16, 1910 --
_tA Sort of Bleeding to Death: North Atlantic Ocean, October 17, 1910 --
_tCQD: North Atlantic Ocean, October 18, 1910 --
_tYou're All Right, Old Man!: Atlantic City and New York City, October-December 1910 --
_tNew Dreams for the Aerial Age: New York City, Atlantic City, and Akron, Ohio, 1911 --
_tThe Most Perilous Element of All: Atlantic City, October 1911-July 1912 --
_tEpilogue: New York City, 1912-1934.
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600 1 0 _aWellman, Walter,
_d1858-1934.
650 0 _aExplorers
_zArctic regions
_vBiography.
650 0 _aAdventure and adventurers
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
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