The man himself was apparently quite the character, and the events he partook in must have been a roaring adventure. But regrettably, I didn't feel I got to know the person during the course of this book, and while I read *of* his adventures, I did not get to take part in them. Somehow I failed to connect with this book, and felt like the truly interesting story was told between the lines more than in them. ( )

Don Sheldon has been called 'Alaska's bush pilot among bush pilots', but he was also just one man in a fragile airplane who, in the end, was solely responsible for each mission he flew, be it a high-risk landing to the rescue of others from certain death in the mountains of Alaska or the routine delivery of supplies to a lonely homesteader. Read James Greiner's Wager with the Wind to learn how a hero was born, and also how he made his courageous journey to the unknown skies of dealing with cancer.