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America's History

First person accounts are taken from unread postcards, letters, journals, diaries, and memoirs. Richly illustrated with unpublished photographs, maps, charts, and manuscripts -- these books contain first person accounts of significant events and include undiscovered artifacts, machines, and stories of America's History.

Original panoramas, historic artwork, and stereoviews bring realism to each book.
 

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Letters from the field -- Wallace at the Little Big Horn
By
Douglas Westfall

An unedited report by an officer in the 7th Cavalry, who survived the most well-known battle of the West: The Battle of the Little Big Horn.

7 x 7 inches
22 transcripts from 1876; 100 Illustrations,
200 pages with glossary.
ISBN:1-891030-01-9
$18.76 Softcover


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Prisoners of the Civil War -- The Story of Two Americans
& a Steam-powered Submarine
By
Douglas Westfall

 Taken from the memoirs and journals of two men, captured during the Civil War: on separate sides and in separate prisons.

7 x 8 inches
50 Transcripts from the 1860s; 
160 illustrations, 165 pages. 
ISBN:1-891030-21-3
$24.95 Hardcover


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Port Hudson -- Last Bastion on the Mississippi
By
Pedro Garcia

As far north as the Ohio River valley, the Mississippi River represented commerce to the Union. After a year of regaining control, only two ports were still in Southern hands: Vicksburg in Mississippi and Port Hudson in Louisiana. Port Hudson, Last Bastion on the Mississippi, tells the story of this last Confederate stronghold and the opening of the Mississippi River.

5½ x 8½ inches
80 Photographs; 148 pages
ISBN: 1-891030-47-7
$12.00 Softcover

Aviation


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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 splash-landing in the dark waters of the Atlantic, to the raising of an TBM Avenger 45 years later.

8½ x 11 inches
80 Photographs; 175 pages
ISBN: 1-891030-58-2
$25.00 Softcover

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Rain of Fire  --  B-29’s Over Japan, 1945
By
Charles L. Phillips, Jr.
Colonel USAF (Ret.)

A first person account of a historic record of events from the perspective of a combat aircraft commander and squadron operations officer, some sixty years ago.

9 x 12 inches - Oversize
225 Photographs; 210 pages
ISBN: 1-891030-32-9
$25.00 Softcover


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Amelia Earhart's Radio -- How She Disappeared
By
Paul Rafford, Jr.

A new book on the Earhart disappearance with interviews of 25 men who were involved in her flight, plus new testing & research by the author, prove Earhart’s radio was incapable of transmitting more than 200 miles.

8¼ x 10½ inches
120 Illustrations; 134 pages
ISBN: 1-89-1030-35-32
First Edition
$25.00 Softcover


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Amelia Earhart Survived -- Her Return to America
By
Col. Rollin C. Reineck (Ret.)

A new account of the flight and disappearance of noted American Aviatrix - Amelia Earhart. Authored by noted expert.

6 x 9 inches
50 Photographs; 230 pages
ISBN: 1-891030-34-5
$35.00 Hardcover

Disaster


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

First person accounts from the first book on the sinking of the Titanic steamship.

5½ x 8½ inches
66 illustrations; 350 pages
ISBN: 1-891030-03-5
$19.12 Softcover


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Two Weeks In San Francisco --
The Story of the 1906 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.

 8½x11
100 Unpublished Photographs
190 pages; 250 b/w Illustrations
ISBN: 1-81030-35-3
$30.00 Softcover


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

By
W. G. Zeigler

The Story of the Great Disaster is told here in pictures. Over 100 original photographs of San Francisco and the vicinity, provide a vista of the Earthquake and Fire.

10 x 7 inches Landscape
100 Illustrations; 108 pages
ISBN: 1-891030-63-9
Reproduction Edition
$18.00 Softbound


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Recollection of the Fire --
San Francisco’s 1906 Earthquake and Fire

By
James W. Byrne

Recollections of the Fire, is a memoir of San Francisco’s 1906 Earthquake & Fire, An excellent story for the entire family, Recollections is delightfully illustrated.

A First Person Account of the Earthquake and Fire.

 5½ x 8½ inches
20 Illustrations; 54 pages
ISBN: 1-89-1030-61-2
Reproduction Edition
$12.00 Softbound


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San Francisco Is No More
San Francisco’s 1906 Earthquake and Fire

By
Ronald G. Fick

San Francisco Is No More, comes 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.

A First Person Account of the Earthquake and Fire.

5½ x 8½ inches
20 Illustrations; 54 pages
ISBN: 1-891030-62-0
Reproduction Edition
$12.00 Softbound

   

 


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