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For those who love Aviation Art & Aviation History
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"Surplus WWII U.S. Aircraft"
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William t. Larkins
This book documents for the first time the total distribution of World War II U.S. aircraft. With over 300 photos, many of which were unpublished, it shows the continued civilian use of some of these planes as well as the scrapping and salvaging of others. It provides considerable new information on prices, totals available for sale and licensed, etc.
ISBN 978-0-9655730-6-1
Softbound, 224 pages, with more than 300 photos - $29.95 retail plus $4 S&H in USA only (California residents add $2.32 sales tax).
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“Son of a Preacher – A Hellcat Ace’s Memoirs”
by Lt.Cdr. E. C. “Carl” Hargreaves
Hardbound w/Dust Jacket, 362 pages with photos - $29.95 retail
ISBN 0-9655730-3-6
The author, an ace in a day, served with VF-2, VF-18, and VF-27 during World War II. This book chronicles his eyewitness account of VF-2's record setting tour of duty aboard the USS Hornet. Carl says, “Every generation has its history. But if a record of that history isn’t preserved, future generations won’t have anything to learn from. We therefore must struggle to preserve it every day for posterity.”
Each of us who have survived the infallibility of youth can look back and identify some experience that forever changed our lives. War is one of those experiences. Those who have survived the trauma of combat have forever stamped on their memory those moments when their life hung in the balance.
World War II was the first true global conflict that touched everyone. Those who lived it experienced life-changing events and each in their own way helped change the course of world history. This then is one man’s story. A son of a preacher, who loved God and country, and walked in harm’s way for both.
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"The Quarter Circle 81"
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Frank Ferguson
Pub. 2005
One of the few books about ranch life in Camp Wood and Prescott area of Arizona from 1883 to 1912. It started as a group of stories told by a successful southern California lawyer who was born and raised in that area. It has since been vetted for historical accuracy.
*ISBN: 0-9655730-4-4
Softbound, 176 pages with photos and illustrations.
Price: $14.95
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"America’s Pioneer Aces"
by James H. Farmer
Hardbound w/Dust Jacket, 302 pages, photos plus illustrations by the author - $29.95 retail
ISBN 0-9655730-1-X
Author James H. Farmer offers a fresh, remarkably comprehensive look at the demands placed on America’s first Great War air service pursuit fliers and the New World social system which produced them. It was a system which despite itself, did permit the best and brightest, regardless of station or background – men with names like Rickenbacker, Lufbery, Luke and Wehner – to come to the fore, as de Tocqueville had suggested long ago, to prove their true mettle in the crucible of war.
America’s final two World War One “Ace of Aces,” Frank Luke and Eddie Rickenbacker were two immigrant sons who pioneered a military tradition of excellence and tenacity that continues to live on in the 21st century’s USAF First Fighter Wing. For a fresh new look at World War One aerial combat and the “knights of the sky” who fought it, this is a must read.
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Thunderbolt: Memoirs of a World War II Fighter Pilot
by Marvin Bledsoe
Hardbound - 282 pages with photos
ISBN 0-442-21355-7
$20
Bledsoe vividly recounts the activities and characters of the 350th FS stationed at Raydon, England. He reveals the part his family played in his thoughts as he struggled to survive seventy missions during the crucial hundred days following June 6, 1944. Throughout the story he offers entertaining and sometimes humorous glimpses into his personal life. This is more than a story of combat missions because it reveals the human side of the author. It reveals his personal thoughts during that difficult time when he lost several comrades that were killed over enemy territory.
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Destiny – A Flying Tiger’s Rendezvous With Fate
by Erik Shilling
Hardbound - 276 pages with photos
$25
Shilling’s autobiography is more than the story of one of the legendary AVG Flying Tigers. It is a story of a pilot who loves to fly and he gives accurate and detailed information for a number of interesting airplanes that he flew during his career. . The author tells many spellbinding stories of his rendezvous with fate before, during, and after his year with Chennault’s Flying Tigers. He flew over blacked out India on his way to Calcutta and became lost due to complete radio failure. His Guardian Angel once again guided him to a safe landing. The author flew deep penetration flights into Mainland China during the Korean War. He flew supplies to the beleaguered French in Dein Bien Phu, Indochina under constant anti-aircraft fire from the Chinese Communists surrounding the valley.
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