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Native Americans



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— Our Story of Eagle Woman —
Sacagawea
-- They Got it Wrong --

By The MHA Project Board

Reviews of interviews of her family members and others, reviews of government and tribal documents, reviews of other claims regarding her heritage and of evidence provided by others that supports the Hidatsa story, together with DNA testing, have resulted in the need to revisit this event in history.

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$40.00 Softbound Book
$50.00 Casebound Book -- out of print
$75.00 Leather Book -- out of print

Young Americans



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— Girl On Mt. Bullion —
-- Memoirs of Hazel Trabucco --

By Sarah Lazzaro

The story of life in the Gold Mining towns of California with a Girl on Mt. Bullion. Taken from the Memoirs of 11-year old Hazel Trabucco
 

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$30.00 Color Book



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Boy From The Islands
-- Of Hawaii in the 1940s --

By Arianna Ambe

This is the story of a young boy, whose father owns the best Chinese restaurant in all of Hawaii -- until the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
 

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$30.00 Color Book


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Girl Across Panama
New York to San Francisco in 1854
By Douglas Westfall

The dangerous journey by ship, train, and mule
Across Panama to the gold fields of California
from the memoirs of an 11-year old girl.

Based upon the memoirs of
Mary Jane Arnold.


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$20.00 For Ebook & Printed Book

 

America's Heritage



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The American Gene Pool
A Historian's View of America's Heritage
-- Who We Are --

By Douglas Westfall

Explore the types of people who came here, their blood types, names and religions.

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$20.00 For Ebook & B/W Printed Book
$30.00 For Ebook & Color Printed Book

Aviation



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The Sky And I
Ann Pellegreno became a student pilot
and donned her wings in 1960, transporting her into
a lifelong involvement in the world of aviation.

By Ann Holtgren Pellegreno

How I learned to Fly --
Before I flew around the world six years later.


$25.00 Printed Book



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Rosies Riveting Warfare
Women at the Workforce in WWII
-- The Memoirs of Elinor Otto --

By Douglas Westfall

This is the story of a Rosie the Riveter who built aircraft for 68 years working at five different manufacturers.

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$35.00 For Ebook & Printed Book



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Valor in the Mekong Delta
The Battle of Easter Sunday
-- with Pan Am --

By Capt. Jon F. Myhre

This is the story of a US Army Huey Pilot who is shot down in Vietnam, twice in the same day in two helicopters then left for dead.

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Martin Field
-- The 1st Airport of OC --

By Douglas Westfall

The story of Eddie Martin, who started the first airfield in Orange County, by flying Curtiss Jennys out of an open field on the Irvine Ranch. This became the Orange County Airport.

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$30.00 Color Book


 



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Aviator in the Amazon
Tales of a Flight Engineer
-- with Pan Am --

By Laura Neis

The Thrilling Story of a Pan Am Flight Engineer who flew the span of Clipper aircraft from Miami to the Amazon and beyond, surviving the varied dangers of South America during the 1930s.

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WORLD WAR II


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-- White Pearl --
Red Sea
Memoirs of Sgt. Milton Verberg
& LtCdr. Zenji Abe

By Douglas Westfall
& Ryozo Kimihira

The Memoirs of a US Medic and a Japanese Flight Commander who pass each other by 300 feet at
Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941
Unpublished Photos from WWII
-- This is a full color book --


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$40.00 For Ebook & Printed Book


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The Taking of Saipan
Memoirs of Cpl. Richard Meadows
& Cpl. Genkichi Ichikawa

By Douglas Westfall
& Ryozo Kimihira

The Memoirs of a US Marine and a Japanese Soldier who met on a beach at Saipan Island, June 15, 1944
Unpublished Photos from WWII
-- This is a full color book --


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Legends of the Flying Clippers
The Story of Pan American's War
By Douglas Westfall

Twenty-five Planes, Three Aircraft Manufacturers, and One American Fleet of Superior Performance.
Other than for the dozen planes that crashed, exploded, sank, burned, or are missing.
Based upon the memoirs of Paul Rafford, Jr.


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KOREAN WAR


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Americans of Japanese Ancestry
In the Korean War

Stories of Those Who Served
By Robert M. Wada

The first book to choreograph and chronicle the stories of Americans of Japanese Ancestry from  the United States who provided their accounts of the Korean War


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AMERICAN CIVIL WAR


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Prisoner Of The Civil War
A Novel
By Douglas Westfall

-- The Story of the First Steam Powered Submarine --

A highly decorated Union Naval Officer, Is imprisoned in the most dreaded Union Bastille. When pushed into becoming a Confederate, he attacks the Union fleet with a vengeance.


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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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Raising the Northern Blockade
Submarine Warfare in the Civil War
By Pedro Garcia


Attempts to build a fleet of metal submarines during the Civil War, results in the success with the only wooden, steam powered submarine of the Confederacy.
150 Pages - 75 Illustrations

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The CSS David
The First Submarine of the Civil War
By Capt. William T. Glassell, (Ret)

The story of the first Confederate submarine
in the Atlantic. Includes the memoirs of Confederate Captain William T. Glassell,
The first person to make an act of war in a submarine.

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CUSTER'S LAST STAND
 


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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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AMELIA EARHART


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Lost in Flight
-- Amelia Earhart, Giving Cover to a Spy Plane --
 
By William P. Snavely

TAmelia Earhart’s Last Flight involved two planes,
two men and two women. Plane 1 held Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan, Plane 2 held a spy and pilot.
he story of

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$25.00
 
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$35.00
 
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The Flight By Amelia Earhart
-- Her Personal Journey --
 
By Nicole Swinford

The Compelling Discovery of a Twin-Tailed Lockheed Aircraft, known to Crash of This Island during
the summer of 1937.

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Tracking Amelia Earhart
-- Her Flight Path to the End --
 
By William Pennington Snavely, Jr.

The Compelling Discovery of a Twin-Tailed Lockheed Aircraft, known to Crash of This Island during
the summer of 1937.

$10.00 Ebook
 

$40.00 For Printed Book & Ebook


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Amelia Earhart's Last Flight to Hawaii
-- With Her Lockheed Electra 10E --
 
By Nicole Swinford

The story of Amelia Earhart's Last Flight to Hawaii,
Taken from an unseen film of
her last days in California.

$10.00 Ebook
 
$20.00 For Printed Book & Film download


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The Last Photo Shoot of Amelia Earhart
-- with Albert Bresnik --
 
By Nicole Swinford

The story of Amelia Earhart's Last Photo Shoot,
Taken from an unseen film of
her last days in California.

$10.00 Ebook
 
$20.00 For Printed Book & Film download


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Amelia Earhart's Terraplane
Her 1932 Hudson Essex

 
By Douglas Westfall

This is the Story of an 80 year old car,
that found it's way to a home in California.

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$25.00 For Ebook & Printed Book


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The Hunt For Amelia Earhart
How She Disappeared
By Douglas Westfall

-- This is a Full Color Book --
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.

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$35.00 For Ebook & Printed Book


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Amelia Earhart's Radio
Why She Disappeared

By Paul Rafford, Jr.

A twenty-five 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.

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Amelia Earhart Survived
Where She Disappeared
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.

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Report of the Earhart Search
The US Navy & Coast Guard
By the US Navy

The account of the search
of noted American Aviatrix, Amelia Earhart.
By the US Navy and Coast Guard
in 1937 prior to the start of World War II.

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The
Lockheed Electra 10 Manual

Flight & Maintenance


The Original Lockheed Manual for the E10
200 Pages - dozens of Drawings, Tables, Charts & Photographs all published material from 1937.

$10.00 Ebook
$25.00 For Ebook & Printed Book

 

THE LOST PATROL of Flight 19


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Discovery of Flight 19
A 30-Year Search for The Lost Patrol
In the Bermuda Triangle

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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$50.00 For Ebook & Printed Book

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1906 EARTHQUAKE


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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 TITANIC



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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.

Reproduction Edition -- Original Illustrations

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Thomas Andrews
Shipbuilder of the Titanic
By
Shan F. Bullock

The only biography on Thomas Andrews, architect of the Titanic. Originally published in 1912.

Reproduction Edition -- Original Illustrations

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Survivors of the Titanic -- 
By Washington Dodge

Stories of the Survivors by a survivor of the sinking of
the Titanic. Originally published in 1912.

Reproduction Edition -- Original Illustrations

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