The Practical Mariner's Book of Knowledge: 420 Sea-Tested Rules of Thumb for Almost Every Boating Situation

Book Description

Between these covers is the essence of centuries of seafaring experience, distilled into a concise, alphabetically organized reference for sailors and powerboaters. You'll find rules of thumb for hull thickness, bottom paint coverage, estimating distances, when to hoist and lower flags, predicting weather, which colors are unlucky, rope size and strength, anchoring rights, making a rum punch, and a lot more. This is either the most useful boating book ever designed to entertain or the most entertaining book ever designed to be useful. Open it to any page and browse awhile. You'll see.

Customer Reviews:

Great book to keep by the head!.......2007-06-08

This is a great book for new sailors and old.... Keep it by the head and you will enrich you sailing and "sitting" experience (or "s_itting " experience, ha, ha)...Full of great items from the highly technical to the ethereal--all concerning our common lust for the sea! Great gift for the sailor who has nothing or everything! It has a wealth of usefull information.

Bluewater sailor.......2007-04-13

Great book. Interesting and very funy. When you sail for a while you notice that things like the "black Box" described in the book are true. Very good advises...good companion if you planning bluewater sailing.

For the Novice Boater.......2007-04-12

This reference guide is perfect for the novice boater just learning the ropes. It's organized alphabetically to make finding topics easy.

Good for the novice.......2007-01-12

We enjoyed reading this book, but it wasn't what we had hoped. It is a better learning tool for the novice. The entries to the book are written in a alphabetical format. For example, entries about 'sails' are under S. We hoped it would be more of a non-fiction story form where one sailer's knowledge can help other sailers undergo new adventures. You'll read it once and then leave it on the shelf.

Must have for boaters........2007-01-09

This is a great little reference guide for all boaters. You can get an answer to almost any boating question.

Lake Michigan's Aircraft Carriers (IL) (Images of America)

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Lake Michigan's Aircraft Carriers (IL) (Images of America)
Paul M. Somers
Manufacturer: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Glenview Naval Air Station (IL) (Images of America)
Aircraft Carriers: A History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events, Volume 1: 1909-1945
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Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft Carriers 1921-45
Clash of The Carriers: The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II

ASIN: 0738532088

Book Description

Lake Michiganís Aircraft Carriers is the story of the USS Wolverine and the USS Sable, two Great Lakes excursion ships converted for use as aircraft carrier training during World War II. Through the duration of the war, the United States Navy qualified 17,800 pilots for aircraft carrier operation. Training the pilots on either the Atlantic or the Pacific Ocean would have exposed the training ships to the danger of submarine attack, while requiring the escort of fighting ships that were needed elsewhere. It would also have involved arming and armoring the ships used for training. Commander R.F. Whitehead came up with an idea that solved all of these problems. He suggested doing the training on the protected waters of the Great Lakes. ÝÝThe USS Wolverine and the USS Sable were chosen and thus became the only fresh water, paddle-wheeled, coal-fired aircraft carriers in the history of the world. Author Paul M. Somers shares his collection of vintage photos and a lifetime of research to detail the history of these two great vesselsófrom their life as cruise ships to their contributions to the war effort and then to their eventual scrapping. ÝÝ

The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet (16th ed)

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THE ANSWERS TO SO MANY NAVAL REFERENCE QUESTIONS
A perfect overview of the units that particpated in Desert Storm and held the line near the end of the Cold War
all ya need to know
Overpriced,overblown,over rated
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The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet (16th ed)
Norman Polmar
Manufacturer: Naval Inst Pr
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Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet, 18th Edition
Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines, 1945-2001
Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

ASIN: 1557506868

Book Description

For decades this comprehensive and authoritative guide has served the needs of naval officers, military analysts, congressional staffs, journalists, defense contractors, and others with an interest in the current capabilities of the U.S. Navy. The author, internationally respected naval analyst Norman Polmar, shares expertise gained from years of service as a consultant to members of Congress, secretaries of the navy, and senior naval officers. With this updated edition he reinforces a reputation of reliable excellence by accurately cataloging and updating the assets of the U.S. Navy as they exist today and by assessing the various trends that portend the navy of tomorrow.

Among the many changes incorporated into this new edition are updates on the joint strike fighter (JSF), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), the advanced swimmer delivery system (ASDS), the electric-drive DD21, and proposed conversions of Trident strategic missile submarines to land-attack missile and SEAL delivery capabilities. Also included is what may be termed a eulogy for the arsenal ship concept, with an acknowledgement that it could be resurrected if the political environment changes. From the details of the latest reorganization of the defense and navy departments to an enlightening discussion of the streetfighter concept, this is "must have" information for all who watch, serve, assess, or just care about the American navy.

Bulging with data, photographs, line-drawings, and useful appendixes, this invaluable guide carries on a long-standing tradition as the most comprehensive resource of its kind, meeting the high expectations and exacting standards of those who rely on it to stay informed and to make important decisions.

Customer Reviews:

THE ANSWERS TO SO MANY NAVAL REFERENCE QUESTIONS.......2006-01-31

NOTHING HERE IS STILL CLASSIFIED SO READ THIS EDITION TO YOUR HEARTS CONTENT - JUST DON'T MAIL THEM OUT OF THE COUNTRY,

IN A NUTSHELL: REAL DETAILS AND AN INVENTORY OF ORDNANCE TOO!

Want to find out details about standard U.S. Naval defense systems? This is the book. Ideal for defense enthusiasts, analysts, historians and academic researchers, this volume has very hard to find data and info about virtually everything the U.S. Navy can float, submerge, haul, shoot, or fly.

Frankly in most countries the material here would be restricted, and in fact there is warning in the inside cover that states that; this is to be "sold in the United States, Canada and American possessions only".

A new edition comes out about 3 times per decade and includes everything but the latest, still classified, U.S. military hardware.

STILL HERE -- OKAY THERE'S MORE:

If you save the older issues, you will have a rather comprehensive chronicle of the nuts and bolts of the U.S. Navy - real interesting stuff. For instance, if you go back to say the thirteenth edition, you can find a full description of the Iowa Class Battleships and the compositions of a variety of their 16" projectiles. Want to know about the jets used in the Vietnam War? Look at the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th editions, and you'll find cool aircraft and helicopters as well as Crusiers that still fired artillery. Would you like to see and read about the add-on, stand-off weapons from the Gulf-War era. You'll find them in editions 13-16 listed under "WEAPONS SYSTEMS". How fast or far do our missles fly? How large a warhead do they carry and what type of guidance system do they use are all included for countless systems in each and every volume of this text.

BOTTOM LINE: If this type of stuff is interesting too you, this text can take the place of counting sheep at night, as it does for me.

The good news is that NOTHING IN THIS TEXT IS STILL CLASSIFIED SO YOU CAN READ THESE VOLUMES TO YOUR HEARTS CONTENT - JUST DON'T MAIL THEM OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

A perfect overview of the units that particpated in Desert Storm and held the line near the end of the Cold War.......2006-01-07

This book covers the period from when the US Navy and US Marine Corps started to look at being drawn down following the collapse of communism through out Europe and most of the rest of the world. Also this covers the status of the fleet for that little period between 1989 and the end of Gulf War 1 (or Desert Shield/Storm/Saber). This books was written before the first base closing commission was just being conviened. So there are obvisouly errors in what bases are open, what have been closed, and what have been converted over to other types. The same is true with various ships. However, this is still a very good reference book and a great point to see where the 600-ship navy was going to have keep going if the cold war was to continue. As it is with the end of the cold war, this is also a very good book to see what sort of units there were to particpate in the various peace-keeping operations of the mid-90's when the 18th edition was published.

all ya need to know.......2002-03-11

this book is filled with litteraly everything you need to know about navy ships and other key elements.must by for naval buffs

Overpriced,overblown,over rated.......2001-09-01

Every time the Naval Institute press publishes a new edition of this book, I am astonished at the many errors that creep in. I am not sure whether the fault lies with the author or an editorial department that seemingly knows nothing about the Navy. Errors abound within this edition. A few examples:
On P.107, A photo of an aircraft carrier is described as being USS KITTY HAWK, when in reality it is USS INDEPENDENCE. Anyone with the slightest knowledge of carriers should have been able to identify the ship by class features alone--anyone who was not careless that is.
In the section on Navy organization, carrier air wings from both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets are described as being based at NAS Miramar (now a Marine Air Station) and NAS Cecil Field (closed 3 years ago). Obviously, the author could not be bothered to check the accuracy of his data and it makes the reader wonder how many other mistakes are contained within this VERY expensive work ...One would think that as the USN shrinks in size, so would a reference book on that subject, but Mr. Polmar succeeds in burying the reader in overblown and excruciating minutiae to pad his book so that it is even larger then his previous editions published at the height of the 1980s when the fleet comprised nearly 600 ships!
Everything contained within this book is available on the internet for free--with the exception of Mr. Polmar's usual egomaniacal State of the Fleet essay, which always predicts the sky is falling for the US Navy.
In sum, little here is new or useful, most of it is padded to expand the book and jack up the cost and errors abound. An amazingly average to below average work. Great pictures however--just with incorrect captions!

Beware of prior ratings.......2001-05-31

The 17th edition was just released (5/2001), so beware of the prior reader reviews dated 1999 & 1998. The 15th & 16th editions were excellent books, and this (the 17th) should be just as good (although sadly, it will chronicle the delisting of many major combatant vessels that projected power during the Cold War), but until reviewers actually read or scan the book, these reviews are not authentic.

Submarine Technology for the 21st Century

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Sub Tech
Neat Small Book
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The Real Stuff

Submarine Technology for the 21st Century
Stan Zimmerman
Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
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Illustrated Directory of Submarines of the World (Illustrated Directory)

ASIN: 1552123308
Release Date: 2006-07-06

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Today's combat submarine holds a crew of less than 200 men, equal to a company of infantry. Yet these few submariners can command a sea or destroy a civilization. Never has so much combat power been wielded by so few warriors. This concentration of power is made possible by innovative use of technologies, including rocketry, acoustics, hydrodynamics, nuclear power, advanced chemistry, unique materials and a host of others.

Unlike other 20th century military innovations - the tank, the airplane and nuclear explosives - the submarine remains shrouded in secrecy, a truly "silent service." This book surveys the state of submarine technology worldwide, and examines research advances that will shape the second century of submarines.

Customer Reviews:

Sub Tech.......2007-06-27

Content is very good and the book pretty much covers everything.
One issue, however, the production of this copy was a bit sloppy with a
number of repeat pages and a few pages that are badly shifted to the right.

Neat Small Book.......2007-05-24

This book was wonderful, if a bit small. It has sections on Air Independent Propulsion, Nuclear Propulsion and it's problems, new hull designs, better sonar, additional quieting, better weapons, and a summary. Each section both reviewed things I already knew and offered new data.

My only problem is that the book is a bit small. I wish it were larger and covered either more topics or more depth. As it is I finished the book in two easy days.

WASTE.......2003-09-01

Please do not waste your money on this book. Most of the books content can be found on the internet FREE.
I wish someone would have wrote an honest review before I wasted my money. You can buy this book and findout the hardway!

The Real Stuff.......2001-07-25

You could, I suppose,go to Groton and do a stint in sub school, or, failing that, attend a high-price seminar on the state of undersea warfare. And subscriptions to Janes Fighting Ships and the Submarine Review wouldn't hurt. Or you could sit down with this very managable, up-to-date account written by a non-tech journalist for the lay reader that will set you dreaming, each nigh as you lay it by your bedside, of air-independent diesel engines, accoustic cladding, and some trending information that sometimes seems to cross the line into science fiction. I've read 'em all, and this one ranks alongside the Waller and Sontag & Drew sub books as best of the best.

Sky Ships: A History of the Airship in the United States Navy

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THE HISTORY OF AN UNDER UTILIZED WEAPONS SYSTEM

Sky Ships: A History of the Airship in the United States Navy
William F. Althoff
Manufacturer: Pacifica Press (CA)
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ASIN: 0935553088

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THE HISTORY OF AN UNDER UTILIZED WEAPONS SYSTEM.......2001-04-17

William Althoff, has written a comprehensive history of US Navy airships from the first blimp, DN-1, to the termination of all airship activities in 1962. When writing this history, the author had access to numerous sources including letters, interviews and tape-recorded information from former airship officers. For example, Appendix D is a copy of the Confidential 1959 letter from Captain Marion H. Eppes (former Commander of Fleet Airship Wing One) to the Chief of Naval Operations giving his recommendations for airships in the Navy.The result is a well documented, well written account of a weapons system that due to politics and budget considerations never realized its true potential.

Chapter 1 describes the establishment of Lakehurst Air Station with emphasis on the design and construction of Hangar 1. Lakehurst was designed for the construction and operation of rigid airships with one airship ZR-1 (USS Shenandoah) to be built at Lakehurst and a second rigid airship, ZR-2 to be purchase from Britain. ZR-2 crashed in Britain without being delivered.

The chapter on the Shenandoah foretells future problems for navy rigid airships stating ".... hostage to the airship's own propaganda and obsessed with public acceptance ....the navy `brass' continued to expect too much from their large airships, and far too soon." The Shenandoah's short life ended with its 1925 destruction in storm over Ohio. While the Shenandoah did little to develop the rigid airship as a weapon system, the author notes that "....the program had taken its first, faltering steps, Personnel had been trained, valuable experience accumulated ...."

The navy received ZR-3 (USS Los Angeles) from Germany in 1924 as war reparations. It was treaty limited to civilian usage and couldn't be used with the fleet to develop an airship scouting doctrine. Chapter 3 gives an excellent account of this airship's career in experimentation and training. It was instrumental in developing the low mooring mast, and in developing a system for recovering and launching airplanes from an airship. Budget problems resulted in the Los Angeles being deactivated in 1932.

Althoff's has written a succinct review of the navy's program to develop a fleet-type rigid airship. The navy contracted with Goodyear Zeppelin Corp. for two high-performance, fleet-type rigid airships ZR-4 (USS Akron) and ZR-5 (USS Macon). ZR-4 was christened in August 1931. The Akron's 1932 performances with the fleet were at best a qualified success and a doctrine for its effective use wasn't developed. Much time was devoted to public demands to see the Akron. Upon encountering a severe storm at sea in April 1933, the Akron was lost. The Macon, christened in March 1933, became proficient in launching and recovering her five scouting airplanes. The Macon developed the concept of the airship as an aircraft carrier and by mid 1934 became highly effective using her aircraft for long range, wide area scouting. Unfortunately, failure to complete repair of a damage fin resulted in the Macon's loss in February 1935 thereby ending the navy's rigid airship program.

The text notes that the navy responsibilities included supporting civilian rigid airship development in the United States. The navy supported domestic rigid airship programs by making the Lakehurst facilities available to Germany's commercial rigid airships as German and the United States companies were to jointly develop a commercial transatlantic airship service. Few people realize that the Hindenburg in 1936 provided scheduled nonstop air travel to Europe twenty years before the DC-7 began nonstop flights to London. With the Hindenburg crash in May 1937, rigid airship activity ceased at Lakehurst and the deactivated Los Angeles was dismantled in 1939.

The book's narration of the navy's W.W.II blimp program is excellent. The text notes that navy blimp activities prior to W.W.II were at best marginal. However, with the delivery of blimp K-2 in 1938, the navy had a long-range patrol and convoy escort which became the prototype for the successful W.W.II K-type blimp. When the Japanese struck at Pearl Harbor, the navy had but ten blimps of all types to patrol the entire East Coast and only one air station --Lakehurst. By March 1944 the navy had 119 blimps with air stations on the West Coast and with East Coast air stations extending to Recifi, Brazil. The installation of airborne radar and the Magnetic Airborne Detector (MAD) increased the escort effectiveness of blimps. Airship development continued with the delivery in 1944 of the new M-type blimps having a useful load of 11,900 pounds and a still air range of 2100 nautical miles. During W.W.II, blimps safely escorted 50,000 ships in areas of known enemy submarine activity. Thirty-eight airships were lost and seventy-seven personnel killed. Enemy action accounted for one fatality with personnel error responsible for most losses.

This book provides an excellent narration of the navy's postwar airship programs. Following severe downsizing after W.W.II, the airship program added advanced blimp types ZS2G, ZPG-2 and ZPG-3 plus further modernization's of the K-type. A basic Airborne Early Warning (AEW) blimp emerged in the 1950s from a modification of the ZPG-2 and ZPG-3 types. This is a fascinating period in navy airship history which is well told by this book. In March 1957 a ZPG-2 set an unrefueled endurance record of 264:20 hours--11 full days aloft. In July 1958 another ZPG-2 reached the air force's ice station T-3, less than 800 miles from the North pole covering 6200 miles with two refueling.

However, as the book notes "From the earliest years, the navy had failed to recognize the airship as a special type....requiring attention by officers qualified in and familiar with it and its peculiar problems." Faced with budget limitations and having little political or naval brass support, on 24 September 1962 deflation of the last operational navy airship began and the navy's airship program ended after 57 years.

Though published over ten years ago this book is still well worth reading by both the serious aviation historian and the aviation buff.

Yacht Style: Design and Decor Ideas for Your Boat
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A beautiful display of yacht decoration and craftsmanship

Needs Something
Yacht Style: Design and Decor Ideas for Your Boat
Daniel Spurr
Manufacturer: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
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Here is a book as useful to boatowners as it is beautiful. Yacht Style provides a wealth of innovative solutions to questions of light, space, color, materials, access, and stowage in boats from small cruisers to megayachts, both power and sail.

One of today's most gifted nautical writers, Dan Spurr roams freely above and below decks, missing nothing, sometimes applauding, sometimes shaking his head. His lively and opinionated text is further enhanced by interviews with such luminaries as powerboat designer Tom Fexas, cruising sailboat designer Robert Perry, and yacht interior designer Blanche Bloomfield.

Carefully designed and crafted, Yacht Style is a book worthy of its subject--the boatowner's ultimate idea book.

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A beautiful display of yacht decoration and craftsmanship.......2003-05-31

This is a gem of book, more devoted to the art of designing beautiful details and accomodations in yachts, than to aspects of naval design. It deals mostly with relatively large sailing boats. Offers very interesting insights into what is appropriate in interior design and decoration of a sailing yacht and what is not, i.e. the type of textile designs used in furniture that would make you sick with movement while underway. Full of photos the book covers details in almost every area of the deck and accomodations of top-of-the-line yachts. An interesting and artful addition to a design and decoration library. Full of beautiful ideas. Well worth the price.

Needs Something.......2000-08-14

The book text to me is rather boring explaining the obvious in the wonderful pictures it does include. However, I feel the book could have made even more use of photographs. The book does have wonderful pictures, but really didn't leave me with any ideas I could use. My partially biased opinion is based on the fact that I was looking for remodeling ideas for powerboats, and this book does tend to focus more on sailing yachts. My boating library could do with or without this one.

The Ships of Air: The Fall of Ile-Rien (The Fall of Ile-Rein)

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A Quarrelsome Quest
Exciting

The Ships of Air: The Fall of Ile-Rien (The Fall of Ile-Rein)
Martha Wells
Manufacturer: Eos
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ASIN: 0380807998
Release Date: 2005-10-25

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Ile-Rien has fallen to a ruthless army of sorcerers intent on conquering all civilization. Now a small band of heroes aboard a majestic rescue ship must undertake an epic journey to preserve the remnants of a once-great land and drive the heartless invaders back to the shadows.

But there are other evils -- far more terrifying than the Gardier foe -- alive in this world in chaos. And they're closer than a whisper.

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But there are other evils -- far more terrifying than the Gardier foe -- alive in this world in chaos. And they're closer than a whisper.

Customer Reviews:

A Quarrelsome Quest.......2006-04-27

Martha Wells's beautifully written "Ships of the Air," the second in the author's "Fall of Ile-Rien" trilogy (and you really have to read the first novel, "The Wizard Hunters," before you tackle this one) surpasses the first in its utter looneyness. We meet once again the spectacularly neurotic Tremaine Valliarde (who has, thankfully, gotten over her suicidal impulses), as she and the companions she met in the first volume explore the world she now finds herself in as they attempt to learn more about the Gardier, who have been wreaking havoc on Tremaine's world. In order to do so, Tremaine engineers an alliance between one of the tribes of this world, the Syprians, and the Rien, after which they attempt to discover just where the Gardier are coming from.

At the end of the volume, after quite a trip, they do.

Once again Wells's elegantly flowing prose style smoothes out the rough spots caused by her tendency, as was the case in the first volume, to write herself into a corner, creating problems for herself that don't really matter. (I suspect that, like her heroine, Ms. Wells makes things up on the fly--perhaps working from only the loosest of outlines. And that's not a complaint.)

Whatever. The completely dysfunctional quest is bizarre fun. Tremaine has leadership foisted on her after she gets married mainly on a dare, and although she hasn't a clue, she's certainly plucky and lucky. The tale, which features sorcery and electricity in equal proportions, moves quickly from land to a converted luxury liner and thence to "flying whales," which is what some of the characters call this world's version of hot-air balloons. (They're filled with hydrogen, not helium. Oh. Oh.) And despite the fantasy elements, much of the novel is grounded in reality. Wells describes perfectly what is bound to occur when a group of ill-assorted people are forced to go sallying forth together. They quarrel; they fight for dominance; they all think they're right. It's quirky fun. For readers anyway.

Exciting.......2006-01-03

I loved the story, kept me interested throughout. Wells is a good author who has a good idea how to keep the reader turning the pages. I hope there will be more from her as I look foward to experiencing more of what she has to offer.

Another book readers of Ships of Air would possibly like is The Unsuspecting Mage by Brian S. Pratt. Slightly different from hers, still not too bad.

Silent Siege III: Japanese Attacks on North America in World War II : Ships Sunk, Air Raids, Bombs Dropped, Civilians Killed : Documentary

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Silent Siege III
Book is noted for historical accuracy and is easy to read
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Silent Siege III: Japanese Attacks on North America in World War II : Ships Sunk, Air Raids, Bombs Dropped, Civilians Killed : Documentary
Bert Webber
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Silent Siege III.......2005-08-10

Very interesting and factual accounts of little known aspects of World War Two. Book is NOT afraid to take the unpopular view,such as "Japs" living on West Coast were a danger to U.S.

Some of material tends to be what I call "filler space" and could have been omitted.

Book is noted for historical accuracy and is easy to read.......1998-09-26

As a retired reference librarian, and widely read on World War II in the Pacific (in which I also served) Webber's book is noted for its historical accuracy and it is easy to read.

Amazing Japanese attacks on U.S. mainland.......1998-02-27

This book covers all Japanese attacks so far discovered from Alaska to Mexico and as far east as Michigan. Includes attacks on Canada as far east as Manitoba and chapter on severe battles in Alaska's Aleutian Islands. Here are the attacks on British Columbia. Unique attacks on Southern California includes details and newspaper headlines for infamous "Battle of Los Angeles" in February 1942. Shelling of the U.S. harbor defence post on the Columbia River at Fort Stevens, Oregon by the Japanese Navy on June 21, 1942. Includes Japanese submarine attacks on shipping along U.S. west coast with details of the damage and sinking of many ships.
Japanese Navy bombs Oregon forests in Septmeber 1942 starting forest fire intending on burning the Oregon timber industry out of business. (The attack started the forest fire but it failed to burn down the forest.)
The U.S. Coast Guard rides horses as well as boats and operates attack war-dog patrols, walking every inch along the beaches, to protect against an anticipated Japanese invasion.
Concise chapter tells the basic factors about the German, Italian and Japanese evacuation from the State of California, and parts of Washignton, Oregon and Arizona due to military necessity.
Only book in print with current data of over 300 of those mysterious Japanese balloon bombings that hit 28 states and Canadian provinces and in Mexico, one of the attacks killed all the kids on a picnic in Oregon on May 5, 1945. For the unbelievers, there are pictures of all the kids and of their cemetery markers. Chronological list of all discovered Japanese balloon bombing locations in the U.S.A. including the incident in downtown Cicero, Illinois (Apr. 16, 1945), and that of Farmington, outside of Detroit, Michigan (March 25, 1945), and the bombing of Medford, Oregon on January 4,1945 these and other incidents kept out of newspapers on fear of panic, and letting the enemy know he was successful. List of incident sites shows that balloon bombs and parts still being found and warns what to look for. Latest incident in this new November 1997 edition of book is incident discovered in summer 1992, therefore the warning that there are parts are still out there.
(In November 1997, author addressed a convention of bomb disposal experts at their convention in Portland, Oregon.)
Book includes some material on the Japanese building their own atomic bomb which they tested the day after the U.S. bombed Nagasaki, Japan. Also includes data on the risk of biological warfare by the Japanese against the mainland of North America.
Book has more than 450 pictures, many maps, charts, drawings, newspaper clippings, appendices, bibliography and Index.
Recommened for all school and public libraries and for those individuals who want to know about the hushed-up Japanese attacks on the U.S. mainland.
Book demonstrates nothing short of amazing, superior research skills, exciting "this is the way is was (is)" writing. Provided is full documentation in a trememdous bibliography, and has a comprehensive Index. No other book covers these subjects.

Seaboard Air Line Railway: Steam Boats, Locomotives, and History

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Seaboard Air Line Railway: Steam Boats, Locomotives and History
Seaboard Steam Rides Again!
Seaboard Steam Rides Again!
Seaboard Steam Rides Again!
Seaboard Steam Rides Again!

Seaboard Air Line Railway: Steam Boats, Locomotives, and History
Richard E. Prince
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Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway: History and Steam Locomotives
Louisville & Nashville Steam Locomotives, 1968

ASIN: 0253336953

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Seaboard Air Line Railway: Steam Boats, Locomotives and History .......2006-02-28

For anyone seriously studying Railways/Railroads in America, Richard Prince is undoubtedly one of the best authors on railway matters in the US. I unresevedly recommend his work and all of his books. They are not only well written but the photograhic content is superb and the locomotive rosters and historical details are very accurate.

Seaboard Steam Rides Again!.......2002-04-04

Indiana University Press recently has been reissuing many out-of-print classics for the railroad afficionado, sometimes referred to as a 'ferroequinologist', who may not have had a chance to obtain a copy of the original and, in many cases, rare, first editions. Without exception these books are all worthwhile additions to any railfan's library. "Seaboard Air Line Railway Steam Boats, Locomotives, and History" is but one of these books, and it offers much of interest to any railroad enthusiast or historian.

The book is a comprehensive history of steam motive power of the Seaboard; if it ran on the rails of the Seaboard or one of its many predecessor companies, it is in this book. Everything anyone would want to know about Seaboard steam is chronicled, from boiler pressure and driving wheel diameter, down to data of the disposition of each locomotive, is preserved in print for posterity. (There is one error; on Page 259 it stated that 0-4-0T No.(3rd) 1001 was placed on exhibition in a park in Columbus, Georgia. Although it had been working in that city until its retirement in 1958, upon its retirement it was given a cosmetic restoration and shipped south on a flat car to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It remains there today, languishing in Holiday Park on the south side of East Sunrise Boulevard, entombed in a cocoon of rusted chain-link fence. Why? It seemed that one of the city bigwigs discovered that the locomotive's boiler was lagged (insulated) with asbestos and it was subsequently 'gift-wrapped' in the belief that this 'preservation' would keep it from becoming a heath hazard. But I digress.) This book has well-writtn text, an abundance of photographs, and locomotive diagrams that are of great value to the historian.

The book does have some shortcomings. Photographic reproduction, while somewhat better than the first edition published by the author in 1966, still leaves somthing to be desired; this may be due to the age of the material. In addition, the work appears to me to be somewhat haphazard in its organization, but then the organizational history of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad itself was no less chaotic.

I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone even remotely interested in the railroad history in the southeastern United States. Thak you, Indiana Universtity Press, for reissuing this fine volume.

Seaboard Steam Rides Again!.......2002-04-04

I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone even remotely interested in the railroad history in the southeastern United States. Thak you, Indiana Universtity Press, for reissuing this fine volume.

Seaboard Steam Rides Again!.......2002-04-04

Indiana University Press recently has been reissuing many out-of-print classics for the railroad afficionado, (sometimes referred to as 'ferroequinologist'), who may not have had a chance to obtain a copy of the original and, in many cases, rare first editions. Without exception these books are all worthwhile additions to any railfan's library. "Seaboard Air Line Railway Steam Boats, Locomotives, and History" is but one of these books, and it offers much of interest to any railroad enthusiast or historian.

The book is a comprehensive history of the steam motive power of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad; if it ran on the rails of the Seaboard or one of its many predecessor companies, it is in this book. Everything anyone would want to know about Seaboard steam is chronicled, from boiler pressure and driving wheel diameter, down to data of the disposition of each locomotive, is preserved in print for posterity. (There is one error; on Page 259 it stated that 0-4-0T No.(3rd) 1001 was placed on exhibition in a park in Columbus, Georgia. Although it had been working in that city until its retirement in 1958, upon its retirement it was given a cosmetic restoration and shipped south on a flat car to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It remains there today,languishing in Holiday Park on the south side of East Sunrise Boulevard, entombed in a cocoon of rusted chain-link fence. Why? It seemed that one of the city's bigwigs discovered that the boiler of the locomotive was lagged (insulated) with asbestos and it was subsequently 'gift-wrapped' in the belief that this form of 'preservation' would keep it from becoming a heath hazard. But I digress.) This book has well-writtn text, an abundance of photographs, and locomotive diagrams that are of great value to the historian.

I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone even remotely interested in the railroad history in the southeastern United States. Thak you, Indiana Universtity Press, for reissuing this fine volume.

Seaboard Steam Rides Again!.......2002-04-04

Book Description

The German battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz had brutally short careers. The Bismarck was sunk by the Home Fleet on her first operational sortie in May 1941. But the Tirpitz, hiding in Norwegian fjords, remained a menace to Allied convoys and tied down the British Home Fleet for three years. Periodic scares that the Tirpitz was 'out' disrupted naval operations and in 1942 led to the dispersal and destruction of Convoy PQ17. Many attacks on the Tirpitz were made by British X-craft and Chariots, by the Fleet Air Arm and by RAF Bomber Command. From May 1940 over 700 British aircraft tried to bomb, mine or torpedo the Tirpitz on 33 separate missions; she was finally destroyed by Lancaster bombers with 5-ton Tallboy bombs. This is the most comprehensive account of the air attacks on 'the beast' ever published, which is the result of extensive research of the British and German records by the author, former head of Defense and International Affairs at RMA Sandhurst.

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The best account available of the aerial attacks on Tirpitz.......2005-02-24

John Sweetman's book is rather short but full of details regarding the British aerial attacks on the German super-battleship Tirpitz during World War II. Although he gives only a few details about the other trials to destroy that ship by Chariots and X-craft, the story of the RAF and AAF attacks is really compelling and very well told. Details of the weapons used are also presented, especially those of the famous Tallboy bomb and there some very good maps and a few black and white photos. The other side of the hill is also covered, with attention to the reports of the German Admiralty and the commanders of the ship. Overall, an excellent account of the determined and persistent British efforts to put that mighty warship out of action and get rid of a constant danger to their Arctic convoys, something that was finally achieved rather late in the war.

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