{"product_id":"spirit-of-the-yukon-june-lunny-9780920576397","title":"Spirit of the Yukon","description":"\"Charlie [Lindbergh] was working on his plane when I arrived,\" writes Andrew Cruickshank as he awaits completion of his own duplicate of the \u003ci\u003eSpirit of St. Louis\u003c\/i\u003e. With this plane, Cruickshank starts the first airline in the Yukon. It was 1927, long before the legendary Grant McConachie's time. Andrew Cruickshank, a dashing and brave young RCMP officer, decides to, leave the force for the skies. Cruickshank exploits include not only bush piloting in the Yukon but stunt-flying in Hollywood, as well as piloting seaplanes out of Vancouver. While a pilot with Western Canada Airways in Winnipeg, he was part of one of the most extensive air searches of all time, the McAlpine Rescue. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Killed by a plane crash early in his career, Cruickshank had been almost forgotten by Canadian aviation history until his youngest daughter, June Cruickshank Lunny, found a treasure trove of his letters while on a family visit to England. From these letters, Lunny has reconstructed her father's adventures as a Mountie and as a bush pilot. \"He was one of the top bush pilots of his day,\" says Peter Corley-Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eBarnstorming to Bush Flying\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e June Lunny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0920576397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780920576397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Caitlin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.86h x 8.72w x 0.65d","brand":"June Lunny","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48483742875903,"sku":"9780920576397","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6812bcf8-c641-436d-a7a2-da9711c24703.jpg?v=1778040361","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spirit-of-the-yukon-june-lunny-9780920576397","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}