If you have an interest in aviation, search and rescue, or in Alaska's pioneer spirit, Eichner's memoir is for you. Aimed at bush pilots and their fans, Eichner's tale spans 53 years in the air over Southeast Alaska. In it he re-tells his experiences at the Granduc Avalanche, the crash of Alaska Airlines flight 63, the search for famed arctic pilot Howard Gillam, and dozens upon dozens of other real-life rescues that made Eichner a legend in Southeast.

While Eichner made his name flying helicopters, about half of the book deals with the bush planes that are so much a part of life in Southeast. Much of Eichner's business involved mineral exploration, chasing gold, copper, and uranium deposits from the seat of a Piper PA-12.

Illustrated with some 120 pictures and four maps, Eichner's memoir is surprisingly visual. A member in good standing of the Kodak generation, Eichner carried a camera with him to some truly striking vistas, ranging from Glacier Bay, to the Brooks Range north of the Arctic Circle, to Savoonga, a windswept community on an island not far from the Russia/Alaska border. Our primary regret in publishing Eichner's book was our inability to render those photos in color. We strongly encourage anyone who reads the book to attend one of our signings, where the original slides will be shown. ($19.95, 352 pages, 124 illustrations, easy-to-read 6" by 9" format)