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Knickerbocker, H. R. , Jack Thompson, Jack Belden, Don Whitehead, A. J. Liebling, Mark Watson, Cy Peterman, Iris Carpenter, R. E. Dupuy, Drew Middleton Et Al Danger Forward. the Story of the First Division in World War II
Nashville Battery Press 1986 0898390338 / 9780898390339 Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket
479 pages, plates, maps, cloth, 7.5 by 10 inches, very good. Reprint of original 1947 edition. From Wikipedia: The 1st Infantry Division of the United States Army is the oldest division in the United States Army. It has seen continuous service since its organization in 1917. It was officially nicknamed the The Big Red One after its shoulder patch and is also nicknamed The Fighting First. However, with typical soldier gallows humor, the division has also received troop monikers of The Big Dead One and The Bloody First as puns on the respective officially-sanctioned nicknames. ; 479 pages
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Carpenter, Jack Pendulum: the Story of Americas Three Aviation Pioneers--Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright, and Glenn Curtiss, the Henry Ford of Aviation
Carlisle, MA Arsdalen, Bosch & Co. 1992 0960073612 / 9780960073610 First Edition Softcover Very Good with no dust jacket Signed by Author
Viii, 409 pages, well illustrated, pictorial wrappers, very good. #224 of 1000. Inscribed by author. From the Amazon website review by Steve Stumph: "Pendulum is written for the serious student of early aviation history. Unlike most stories that focus on the Wright brothers' struggles before Dec. 17, 1903, this book delves into what happened AFTER Kitty Hawk. In 1908 Glenn Curtiss won the Scientific American Magazine trophy for the first public flight in America. It was he, not the Wright brothers, who received instant fame and glory. He built and sold civilian airplanes while they focused on a single sale to the American, British or French Army. The book explains how early chronicles touted Glenn Curtiss, not the Wrights, as the pioneer of aviation. Thousands of Curtiss JN-4 "Jennys" were used to train WW-I pilots. Today the pendulum has swung to the opposite extreme. Few people know of Curtiss, inventer of the flying boat and father of naval aviation, but everyone has seen the photo of Orville Wright's famous "First Flight" at Kitty Hawk. In a sometimes dry account, Jack Carpenter meticulously compares step-by-step progress of the three men, with more rare photos than any other book. He tells how they were influenced by Alexander Graham Bell, inventer of the telephone, and Henry Ford, the father of mass produced automobiles. Having studied the lives of all three men, I think Pendulum is the only book that gives an unbiased account of the bitter patent lawsuit that delayed the growth of American aviation for 10 years." ; ; 409 pages; Signed by Author
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