SPIRIT OF THE YUKON, by June Cruikshank Lunny (1st Ed. SIGNED)

Author: June Cruikshank Lunny. Published by Caitlin Press, Prince George, BC., 1992, 1st Edition. Dedicated and Signed by the Author. Printed in Canada. Almost New Condition HARDCOVER Book and Dust Jacket. Size: 9.75 x 8.75 inch, 151 pages.

SPIRIT OF THE YUKON, by June Cruikshank Lunny, is a true story about her father Andrew Cruikshank, who was 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.

Charlie [Lindbergh] was working on his plane when I arrived, writes Andrew Cruickshank as he awaits completion of his own duplicate of the Spirit of St. Louis. 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 also stunt-flying in Hollywood, as well as piloting seaplanes out of Vancouver, BC. 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.

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