Walter Harper, Alaska Native Sonilluminates the life of the remarkable Irish-Athabascan man who was the first person to summit Mount Denali, North America's tallest mountain. Born in 1893, Walter ...Harper was the youngest child of Jenny Albert and the legendary gold prospector Arthur Harper. His parents separated shortly after his birth, and his mother raised Walter in the Athabascan tradition, speaking her Koyukon-Athabascan language. When Walter was seventeen years old, Episcopal archdeacon Hudson Stuck hired the skilled and charismatic youth as his riverboat pilot and winter trail guide. During the following years, as the two traveled among Interior Alaska's Episcopal missions, they developed a father-son-like bond and summited Denali together in 1913.Walter's strong Athabascan identity allowed him to remain grounded in his birth culture as his Western education expanded, and he became a leader and a bridge between Alaska Native peoples and Westerners in the Alaska territory. He planned to become a medical missionary in Interior Alaska, but his life was cut short at the age of twenty-five, in thePrincess Sophiadisaster of 1918 near Skagway, Alaska.Harper exemplified resilience during an era when rapid socioeconomic and cultural change was wreaking havoc in Alaska Native villages. Today he stands equally as an exemplar of Athabascan manhood and healthy acculturation to Western lifeways whose life will resonate with today's readers.
Allmers discusses the medical record of Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, the "Red Baron." It raises the question of whether von Richthofen should have been allowed to fly after having received a head ...injury during aerial combat on July 6, 1917.
Red Baron's grave, Sailly le Sec, France, 1918. The grave of Manfred von Richthofen (1892-1918), better known as the 'Red Baron'. Richthofen was a cavalry officer who became the most famous of all ...the World War I fighter pilots, bringing down a total of 80 Allied aircraft. He was shot down on 21 April 1918 and the British buried him in France with full military honours. This photograph appears to have been taken soon after the burial as the earth is still freshly dug and there are wreaths over the grave. The card on the nearest wreath bears the words, 'Royal Air Force', a reminder that for the pilots, the war in the air was like a series of very personal duels. Original reads: 'Grave of German Airman - Baron Von Richthofen at Sailly le Sec, Somme.'.
Electronic reproduction of:; Grave of German Airman - Baron Von Richthofen at Sailly le Sec, Somme.; 1 photograph : black and white ; 16.10 x 21.00 cm.
Thanks to the new Peanuts movie, in which Snoopy dogfights a scarlet propeller plane, a new generation of Americans is learning to curse the Red Baron. Americans nationwide can buy Red Baron frozen ...pizza, named in 1976 because the Red Baron "was well-known in the United States as an ace WWI fighter pilot," says Chuck Blomberg, spokesman for producer Schwan Food Co. Assorted Red Baron watering holes dot the U.S. Others are in spots from Pisa, Italy, to Brisbane, Australia.
The curious tale of two Roy Browns McCuaig, Carol Bennett
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In Jun 1975 Roy Brown was elected to the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame and Ottawa journalists described him as the man who shot down the "Red Baron" in World War I. This exploit was, however, ...performed by another Roy Brown, and the two were confused throughout their flying careers.
