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100 1 _aJamieson, Leland,
_d1904-1941
245 1 0 _aStorm
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from the August, 1929 issue of Blue Book magazine.
500 _aRelease date is 2025-05-28
508 _aRoger Frank and Sue Clark
520 _a"Storm by Leland Jamieson" is an aviation adventure short story written in the late 1920s. Set in Texas, it follows a desperate race against nature after a tornado obliterates a small hill town, focusing on the perilous logistics of emergency aid. The likely topic is the courage and ingenuity of ordinary people and pilots under extreme pressure, as a risky flight is attempted to bring medical help to the devastated community. A tornado levels Rock Springs, leaving chaos, injuries, and darkness. Mary Collins, the town’s telephone operator, struggles through the storm and lightning to reach a distant ranch and raise the alarm. In San Antonio, Doctor Wilson enlists Air Patrol pilot Nick Wentworth to fly him in an aging Vought with a leaking radiator. Their night flight forces an emergency landing; they improvise a water-feed from the wing tank and build a dirt ramp to claw into the air, damaging the landing gear. Battling headwinds and dwindling water, they reach the hills near Rock Springs, dead-stick into a tiny roadside field, and crash—but survive. Driven into town with Mary, they find relief that Wilson’s mother is safe, and the tale closes by honoring Mary’s grit while noting how close the daring air rescue came to failing. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cChicago: The Consolidated Magazines Corporation, 1929
653 _aShort stories
653 _aTexas -- Fiction
653 _aAir pilots -- Fiction
653 _aStorms -- Fiction
700 1 _aLehman, Paul
830 0 _aProduced from the August, 1929 issue of Blue Book magazine.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76177
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