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020 $a1585445002 (cloth : alk. paper)
024 3 $a9781585445004
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050 00 $aHE9817.A3$bY473 2006
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100 1 $aBenson, Erik.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006003436
245 10 $aAviator of fortune :$bLowell Yerex and the Anglo-American commercial rivalry, 1931-1946 /$cErik Benson.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aCollege Station :$bTexas A&M University Press,$c[2006], ©2006.
300 $axii, 264 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aCentennial of flight ;$vno. 16
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-257) and index.
520 1 $a"At a time when the Anglo-American relationship was riddled with competition, Lowell Yerex, a British subject who lived in America, had the misfortune of becoming entangled in it as he attempted to create a commercial airline empire in Central America. His experience - rife with adventure, romance, and intrigue - made him a legend in air history and now provides a dramatic chapter in U.S.-British relations, as well as the history of Central America." "To understand Yerex's remarkable career, Erik Benson focuses on the uniqueness of the entrepreneur's background, one that enabled him to empathize with both Great Britain and the United States and to foster working relationships with these rivals. Yerex's dealings with the two countries shed new light on the development of aviation in the 1930s and 1940s, at a time when Pan American ruled the skies of the western hemisphere, when revolutions and coups rocked governments, and when fortunes waited to be made and lost." "Aviator of Fortune offers a detailed look at the life of Lowell Yerex: his successes and failures. Benson shows him as a tragic hero, influenced by fate and by his own ambitious desires. Today, his remains an important story, one that offers worthwhile reading for historians, aviation enthusiasts, and adventure seekers."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aYerex, Lowell,$d1895-1968.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85375404
610 20 $aTransportes Aereos Centroamericanos$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAirlines$zCentral America$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAeronautics, Commercial$xGovernment policy$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAeronautics, Commercial$xGovernment policy$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aCompetition, International$vCase studies.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009121078
830 0 $aCentennial of flight series ;$vno. 16.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2006001560.html
852 00 $boff,glx$hHE9817.A3$iY473 2006