Boy genius, inventor of cable television, developer of domestic blue cheese, electrical and radio whiz, friend to the Eskimo, aviation bush pilot, Alaskan pioneer, gold prospector, and a friend to the oil industry in Alaska; Leory "Ed" Parsons was many things to many people. But he wasn't much of a father. Now his son, after thirty years of being a writing recluse, has come out to write about his famous father in this revealing book. Full of facts and photos, read about the first cable television system and how it came to be. Why did he then align himself with Alaska's other aviation pioneers? How did he make flying safer in the last frontier? Follow much of the history of Northern Alaska in the life of one Alaskan trailblazer. How did the first commercial flight over the North Pole come about and why did the other airlines soon follow? Read about the first oil explorations on the North Slope of Alaska and why the severe Arctic weather pulled Parsons back time after time. What instilled the spark in him as a small boy to drive him to becoming the brilliant thinker he became, adopted the native people of Alaska, but compelled him to abandon his own children?"--P. [4] of cover.
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