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America from 500 feet! / Bill and Wesley Fortney.
LIBRA - Rare TR810 .F65 2001 Potok copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fortney, Bill, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aerial photography--United States.
- Aerial photography.
- Landscape photography--United States.
- Landscape photography.
- Nature photography.
- United States.
- Nature photography--United States.
- United States--Aerial photographs.
- United States--Pictorial works.
- United States--Aerical photographs.
- Local Subjects:
- United States--Pictorial works.
- United States--Aerical photographs.
- Genre:
- Aerial photographs.
- Illustrated works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Holmes, Bob (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)
- Holmes, Barbara (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 190 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
- Other Title:
- America from five hundred feet!
- Place of Publication:
- Minnetonka, Minnesota : NorthWord Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- Photographing and flying over America? Not such a novel idea, until you realize that Bill and his son Wesley did it just 500 feet from the ground -- in a single-seater ultralight airplane! The scenery was magnificent. Their experiences were sometimes awe-inspiring, sometimes hair-raising. These unique photos are only a small glimpse into the truly remarkable beauty they witnessed. Along with its thought-provoking photos, America From 500 Feet! tells the fascinating story of their unique journey.
- Contents:
- Preface / by Ned Beatty
- Foreword / by Dr. Charles Stanley
- Introduction
- Pilot's Logs. The West from the Pacific Coast to the Rockies' Western Slope ; Central from the Rockies' Front Range to the Mississippi River; The East from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Coast.
- Notes:
- "Photography by Bill Fortney and Wesley Fortney. Edited by Barbara K. Harold. Designed by Russell S. Kuepper."
- Local Notes:
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- Potok Collection copy inscribed "May you enjoy the beauty of God's Creation. Lovingly, Bob and Barbara Holmes 12/2001".
- ISBN:
- 1559717858 :
- 9781559717854
- OCLC:
- 45958123
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