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Lost, True Stories of Canadian Aviation Tragedies
With 10 chapters and over 15 true stories detailing Canadian aviation adventures and misadventures, this collection is sure to bring back memories of major events that captivated the interest, and concern, of people around the world.
Matheson has meticulously researched these stories, adding personal interviews with survivors, or families and friends, to recapture the tenseness of the times.
Chapter titles range from "Flight Plans for Freedom - the story of Ken Leishman, Canada's 'Flying Bandit'", to "Where's Johnny?" that chronicles the disappearance of World War II aviation hero Johnny Bourassa; and "Stalin's Falcons," the mysterious disappearance of one of Russia's top flyers whose big bomber and its crew left the skies in August 1937 while flying from Moscow to Chicago over the North Pole.
Photos and maps accompany the text.
Fifth House Publishers, (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Toronto)
Launched Thursday October 6, 2005 - 7:30 pm at the Aero Space Museum.
ISBN 1-894856-18-X
List price: $ 23.95 CDN
This book is out of print
fiction and Non-fiction
Canadian Adventure Books
Copyright 2000-2010
Shirlee Smith Matheson
page date
Jan 09, 2015
“Soon to be published in a new, re-designed and re-titled, edition with added stories of unsolved aviation mysteries. "
Reviews: “[Lost] relates the harrowing tales of how too many aviators came to grief, the frantic searches to find them, and the sometimes ghostly events which occurred during and following the searches, some of them continuing to this day. Matheson is the author who brought us the acclaimed Flying the Frontiers series, and this well-written book provides solid evidence that her research and writing skills are still intact. . . . It’s bad manners for reviewers to spoil the authors’ surprises and plot twists, so it’s best that you discover them yourself, after you’ve bought Lost: True Stories of Canadian Aviation Tragedies, a suspenseful, enjoyable book.” Bob Merrick, COPA Flight, p. B-14, Jan./06
“Shirlee uses her highly acclaimed writing skills to entice anyone, but most certainly pilots into the depths of an extended search by those of like mind. [She] makes no determinations but carefully leads you to your own conclusions. You may well have survived some of your own tales, and you will certainly enjoy Shirlee’s skill at her craft. She has been described as a writer who has true feelings and understanding of her subjects, especially those dealing with airplanes and pilots.” Capt. John Scott, PX, Retired Airline Pilots of Canada, p. 26, #3, Oct./06
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