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Ghosts in the Arctic
Mark Parsons
其他書名
The Great White Father of Communications
出版Independently Published, 2017-05-25
主題Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers
ISBN15212828469781521282847
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4Nh-tAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The Biography of Electrical Pioneer Leroy "Ed" Parsons, the inventor of cable television. After televison, Parsons went on to become a bush pilot in Alaska and connected the radios of all airplanes flying for Wien Airlines. Later he brought cable television to northern Alaska and helped establish a radio network for the oil industry in the arctic. Known as the Great White Father of Communications in northern Alaska, he was finally acknowledged as the first to have extablished a cable television system in Astoria, Oregon in 1948. This book, written by his son, Mark Parsons, paints a picture of parental alienation between father and son but also documents this great electrical genius talents from an early age.