Lowell Thomas Jr.

Lowell Thomas Jr. has led a life of adventure, traveling around the world. Since 1960 he has been based in Anchorage, Alaska, where he lives with his wife, Tay, of more than sixty-three years. An author, filmmaker, and devoted small-plane pilot for about sixty-five years, and one who has approximately 1.2 million miles of flight time at the controls on his resume, Thomas is a passionate conservationist and has been honored for his work in preserving the Alaska wilderness. Lew Freedman is a longtime journalist and former sports editor of the Anchorage Daily News in Alaska, where he lived for seventeen years. The author of nearly sixty books, Freedman has won more than 250 journalism awards. He and his wife, Debra, live in Indiana.

"The result of conversations between Lowell, Tay and Lew is the book, LOWELL THOMAS JR. FLIGHT TO ADVENTURE: ALASKA AND BEYOND. The title rings with the same wide-eyed excitement as many of the previous books written by Lowell and Tay since they were married in 1950. The pages inside reveal the extraordinary life Lowell, Jr. has led and the important role Tay has played as his partner in adventure." —Anthony Wellman, 2014 edition of The Dutch Treat Club Annual Book

• TABLE OF CONTENTS  About the AuthorsIntroduction                                                                              Chapter 1   Flight to Adventure                                                 Chapter 2   Early Life                                                            Chapter 3   First Adventure                                                   Chapter 4   Welcome to Alaska                                            Chapter 5   College and the Military                                          Chapter 6   Going to Work                                                   Chapter 7   To the Forbidden Roof of the World                Chapter 8   With the Dalai Lama in Lhasa                           Chapter 9   Life and Death on the Tibetan Trail              Chapter 10  Two Lifetime Passions: Tay and Flying         Chapter 11  Around the World                                            Chapter 12  Welcome to Africa                                           Chapter 13  The Rwenzori Mountains, the Congo, and KenyaChapter 14  Into the Desert                                                   Chapter 15  With the Nomads                                               Chapter 16  North to Alaska                                                  Chapter 17  Earthquake                                                           Chapter 18  Flying Alaska                                                       Chapter 19  Around the World a New Way                           Chapter 20  Politics and Conservation                                   Chapter 21 Skiing                                                                    Chapter 22 Mount McKinley Flight Adventures                    Chapter 23 Flying Another Soloist                                          Chapter 24 To Russia with Love                                            Chapter 25 Flying into the Sunset                                            SourcesIndex