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Amelia Earhart's Radio
How She Disappeared

By Paul Rafford, Jr.

A multiple-first-person-account of the 42 days of the Earhart flight, following her track with interviews from each man stationed at each stop along the route.
Plus new testing & research by the author:
Proving Earhart’s radio was how she disappeared.

$25.00

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The Hunt For Amelia Earhart
America's Greatest Search
By Douglas Westfall

A first-person-account of the sixteen days following the disappearance of Amelia Earhart in July of 1937.
Seven eye-witness accounts tell the story of the
Earhart Search while 9 ships, 66 aircraft, and:
3,000 sailors searched 260,000 square miles of ocean.

$35.00

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Amelia Earhart Survived
Her Return to America

By
Col. Rollin C. Reineck USAF

The account of the flight, disappearance, and return
of noted American Aviatrix, Amelia Earhart.
Authored by noted expert Col Reineck who was on Saipan
in 1945 during the end of World War II.

$35.00


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Discovery of Flight 19
The Greatest Aviation Mystery of America

By Jon F. Myhre

The story of the five Grumman TBM Avengers that disappeared off the coast of Florida in December of 1945. Follow the flight from the night-time splash-landing
in the dark waters of the Atlantic to:
The Discovery of a TBM Avenger 45 years later.

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Two Weeks in San Francisco
The Story of the Earthquake and Fire
By Douglas Westfall & Henry C. Koerper

Taken from an unpublished first person account of The Earthquake and Fire. Includes over 250 professional photographs of the time, including panoramas, aerials, and over 50 full-size stereo views, plus:
100 unpublished photos from glass plate collections.

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The Story of the Great Disaster
San Francisco’s 1906 Earthquake & Fire

By W. G. Zeigler

The story told by an author who was standing on Market Street at the moment of the earthquake. Over 100 original photographs of San Francisco and the vicinity, provide a wide vista of the Earthquake and Fire.

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Recollections of the Fire
San Francisco’s 1906 Earthquake and Fire

By James W. Byrne

A memoir of San Francisco’s 1906 Earthquake & Fire, the story follows a young man in his quest to save his mother's jewels from the damage of the earthquake and fire.
An excellent story for the entire family and:
Delightfully illustrated by Junius Cravens.

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San Francisco Is No More
San Francisco’s 1906 Earthquake and Fire
By Ronald G. Fick

Taken from the letters of a 27 year old banker born in The Great City. His own mansion slightly damaged, he donates it's use to the prestigious Pacific Union Club, while moving down the peninsula to his winter home.

Illustrated with professional photography from 1906.

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The Story of the Wreck of the Titanic -- 
The Ocean's Greatest Disaster
By Marshall Everett

Over 50 first person accounts from the first book on the sinking
of the Titanic steamship. Originally published in 1912.

5˝ x 8˝ inches
66 illustrations; 350 pages
ISBN: 1-891030-03-5
Reproduction Edition
$19.12 Softcover

 

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Prisoners of the Civil War
The Story of Two Americans
By Douglas Westfall

 A first-person-account taken from the memoirs and journals of two men imprisoned during the Civil War:
On separate sides and in separate prisons.

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Port Hudson
Last Bastion on the Mississippi

By Pedro Garcia

The story of the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi,
including the letters of Union Colonel John A. Nelson,
Commander of 3rd Louisiana Native Guards:
The First Black Regiment in the Civil War.

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Letters from the Field
Wallace at the Little Big Horn

By Douglas Westfall

A first-person-account by an officer of the 7th Cavalry,
who survived the most well-known battle of the West:
The Battle of the Little Big Horn.

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Rain of Fire
B-29’s Over Japan, 1945

By Col. Charles L. Phillips, Jr.  USAF

A first-person-account of the last weeks of WWII in the Pacific Theater from the perspective of a combat aircraft commander during the summer of 1945.
The numerous combat missions of fire-bombs over the military targets of Japan, brought the near-end of:
World War II -- before the use of atomic weapons.

$25.00

 

 


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