Since it's up at amazon, I think I can finally share it here:
And the catalog copy:
"Northern Exposure meets Air America in this expose of the daily life and death insanity of commercial flying in Alaska
The Map of My Dead Pilots is about flying, pilots, and Alaska—and, more specifically, about those pilots who take death-defying risks in the Last Frontier and sometimes pay the price. Colleen Mondor spent four years running dispatch operations for a Fairbanks-based commuter and charter airline—and she knows all too well the gap between the romance and reality of small plane piloting in the wildest territory of the United States. From overloaded aircraft to wings covered in ice, from flying sled dogs and dead bodies, piloting in Alaska is about living hard and working harder. What Mondor witnessed day to day would make anyone's hair stand on end.
Ultimately, it is the pilots themselves—laced with ice and whiskey, death and camaraderie, silence and engine roar—who capture her imagination. In fine detail, Mondor reveals the technical side of flying, the history of Alaskan aviation, and a world that demands a close communion with extreme physical danger and emotional toughness. The Map of My Dead Pilots is an engrossing narrative whose gritty, no-holds-barred style is reminiscent of the works of Ken Kesey and Tim O'Brien."
I'm madly in love with this cover - that's a Piper Navajo, one of the most common planes we operated at the Company. What do you think of how it turned out? (As for the catalog copy - here's hoping it lives up to that!)
May 24
2011
01:39 AM
OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got a little tear in my eye, there for a minute. SO excited for you, this looks JUST GREAT!!! Feel real now, huh?