Project Gutenberg 2022-07-11 Public domain in the USA. 107 Burtis, Thomson 1896 1971 Burtis, Thomas Rosenmeyer, Bernard J. 1870 1943 Rosenmeyer, B. J. (Bernard J.) Rosenmeyer, Bernard Jacob The sky sheriff: The pioneer spirit lives again in the Texas Airplane Patrol $aUnited States :$bMcClure Publishing Company,$c1923. Roger Frank and Sue Clark "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.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015031894929 20220707173211burtis 1923 US Reading ease score: 80.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Robbery -- Fiction Texas -- Fiction Air pilots -- Fiction Law enforcement -- Fiction PS Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 75809 2025-06-27T07:13:46.902262 text/html 51097 2024-10-18T23:21:13 text/html 868077 2025-06-27T07:13:50.101220 application/epub+zip 866863 2025-06-27T07:13:47.986231 application/epub+zip 144548 2025-06-27T07:13:47.244247 application/epub+zip 2052118 2025-06-27T07:13:51.637230 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2045053 2025-06-27T07:13:49.503232 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 580260 2022-09-30T20:19:42.537662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 68252 2025-06-27T07:13:46.785243 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 48191 2024-10-18T23:21:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17983 2025-06-27T07:13:51.766208 application/rdf+xml 25253 2025-06-27T07:13:47.454234 image/jpeg 4499 2025-06-27T07:13:47.346248 image/jpeg 933940 2025-06-27T07:13:46.925288 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia