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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aBurtis, Thomson,
_d1896-1971
245 1 4 _aThe sky sheriff: The pioneer spirit lives again in the Texas Airplane Patrol
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2022-07-11
508 _aRoger Frank and Sue Clark
520 _a"The Sky Sheriff: The Pioneer Spirit Lives Again in the Texas Airplane Patrol" by Thomson Burtis is a fictional adventure story published in the early 1920s. The narrative takes place in Texas and revolves around the courageous exploits of a sheriff and his crew as they patrol the Texas-Mexico border using aircraft, showcasing their pioneering spirit. The book likely explores themes of bravery, camaraderie, and the challenges faced in this unique environment. The story follows Sheriff Bill Trowbridge and a group of young flyers, including a recent recruit named Sleepy Spears. They find themselves in a tense situation when a criminal named Cal Buchanan, recently released from jail, plots to rob an old friend of Trowbridge, George Bilney. After a robbery goes awry, resulting in Bilney being shot and left for dead and his daughter, Judith, bound and gagged, Trowbridge and Sleepy take to the skies in pursuit of Buchanan. The chase is thrilling, highlighting the contrast between the old Wild West lawman and the new age of aviation, culminating in an intense confrontation as they seek to bring the criminal to justice and protect Judith and her father. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: McClure Publishing Company, 1923
653 _aRobbery -- Fiction
653 _aTexas -- Fiction
653 _aAir pilots -- Fiction
653 _aLaw enforcement -- Fiction
700 1 _aRosenmeyer, Bernard J.,
_d1870-1943
856 4 _uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015031894929
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68498
999 _c109302
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