The Resource The long way home : a journey into history with Captain Robert Ford, by Ed Dover
The long way home : a journey into history with Captain Robert Ford, by Ed Dover
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The item The long way home : a journey into history with Captain Robert Ford, by Ed Dover represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chattahoochee Valley Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- " ... the story of the Pacific Clipper, a B-314 caught between Noumea, New Caledonia and Auckland, New Zealand at the outbreak of World War II and ordered to return home by flying west around the world in radio silence to avoid capture or destruction by enemy forces."--Page 4 of cover
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Revised edition.
- Extent
- 173 pages
- Contents
-
- Foreword / Michael Ford
- Author's preface
- 1. For Captain's eyes only
- 2. Honolulu bound
- 3. A long night to Honolulu
- 4. To Canton and Fiji
- 5. Noumea, Auckland, and infamy
- 6. Westward ho!
- 7. Return to Noumea
- 8. The dark side of the Moon
- 9. A very close call
- 10. Edge of the war zone
- 11. Across an unknown sea
- 12. A special invitation
- 13. Tourists in a strange land
- 14. Across the Atlantic
- 15. The home stretch
- Postscript
- Appendix: The delay in Khartoum
- Isbn
- 9780615214726
- Label
- The long way home : a journey into history with Captain Robert Ford
- Title
- The long way home
- Title remainder
- a journey into history with Captain Robert Ford
- Statement of responsibility
- by Ed Dover
- Subject
-
- Aeronautics -- Flights
- Aeronautics -- Flights
- Air pilots
- Air pilots
- Boeing airplanes
- trueBoeing airplanes
- Ford, Robert, Captain
- 1939-1945
- Seaplanes
- trueSeaplanes
- Transcontinental flights
- trueTranscontinental flights
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
- Military operations, Aerial
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- " ... the story of the Pacific Clipper, a B-314 caught between Noumea, New Caledonia and Auckland, New Zealand at the outbreak of World War II and ordered to return home by flying west around the world in radio silence to avoid capture or destruction by enemy forces."--Page 4 of cover
- Cataloging source
- Nz
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dover, Ed
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Ford, Robert
- World War (1939-1945)
- Seaplanes
- Boeing airplanes
- Aeronautics
- Transcontinental flights
- Air pilots
- World War, 1939-1945
- Aeronautics
- Air pilots
- Boeing airplanes
- Military operations, Aerial
- Seaplanes
- Transcontinental flights
- Label
- The long way home : a journey into history with Captain Robert Ford, by Ed Dover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-170)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Foreword / Michael Ford -- Author's preface -- 1. For Captain's eyes only -- 2. Honolulu bound -- 3. A long night to Honolulu -- 4. To Canton and Fiji -- 5. Noumea, Auckland, and infamy -- 6. Westward ho! -- 7. Return to Noumea -- 8. The dark side of the Moon -- 9. A very close call -- 10. Edge of the war zone -- 11. Across an unknown sea -- 12. A special invitation -- 13. Tourists in a strange land -- 14. Across the Atlantic -- 15. The home stretch -- Postscript -- Appendix: The delay in Khartoum
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Revised edition.
- Extent
- 173 pages
- Isbn
- 9780615214726
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn748574911
- (OCoLC)748574911
- 538743
- 538743
- Label
- The long way home : a journey into history with Captain Robert Ford, by Ed Dover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-170)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Foreword / Michael Ford -- Author's preface -- 1. For Captain's eyes only -- 2. Honolulu bound -- 3. A long night to Honolulu -- 4. To Canton and Fiji -- 5. Noumea, Auckland, and infamy -- 6. Westward ho! -- 7. Return to Noumea -- 8. The dark side of the Moon -- 9. A very close call -- 10. Edge of the war zone -- 11. Across an unknown sea -- 12. A special invitation -- 13. Tourists in a strange land -- 14. Across the Atlantic -- 15. The home stretch -- Postscript -- Appendix: The delay in Khartoum
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Revised edition.
- Extent
- 173 pages
- Isbn
- 9780615214726
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn748574911
- (OCoLC)748574911
- 538743
- 538743
Subject
- Aeronautics -- Flights
- Aeronautics -- Flights
- Air pilots
- Air pilots
- Boeing airplanes
- trueBoeing airplanes
- Ford, Robert, Captain
- 1939-1945
- Seaplanes
- trueSeaplanes
- Transcontinental flights
- trueTranscontinental flights
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
- Military operations, Aerial
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