Customer Review: This a great book in terms of pictures and the history of the USS Saratoga. It is about as complete a book on this ship that you will find. From the moment she was created to the day she was sunk in Bikini Atoll's lagoon by the US weapons tests, this book covers it all in GREAT detail.
Customer Review: This book will give you the confidence to tackle your first stripwood boat project, guaranteed. Susan takes you methodically through each and every step of the process of building a stripwood canoe. She presents alternate methodologies of construction and woodworking that are tempered by knowledge... more info
Customer Review: A great reference tool for anyone interested in US naval operations, especially carrier ops in the last quarter of the 20 century. Appears to be very well researched volume and the book is well organized. While not exactly a good bedtime read, this volume is a must-have for anyone interested in what... more info
Customer Review: I got this massive work at a used book store. I traded practically an SUV full of books for credit and this is what I got. Why should you care about that fact? The reason I explain this is because this is pretty much the only way I ever would have wound up with a copy. The book is like a lot of... more info
Customer Review: Susan's books on stipwood boat building are the best I've read. She takes you through the entire process step-by-step with lots of sound advice and many pictures. In this, her second book on the subject, she takes the reader through the steps in building two classy looking row boats. The processes... more info
Customer Review: Awesome color photos of clothing and gear from various collections. Has
black and white and color WWII era photos. Also contains descriptions
and designations of items. The contents also include Class 83, 16, 41, and other manuals. I have been collecting flight gear since the 1980s
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Customer Review: Jeff Warner has in this Schiffer series of books on the Naval Services' uniforms, equipment and insignia made an indelible and permanent contribution to the reference literature on the subject matter. In fact, it is the ONLY reference work on the subject, due to collector indifference. Mr. Warner... more info
Customer Review: Chun's book is THE photographical reference available today. If you want printed information on PT boats you buy two books: this for photographs, diagrams and all things visual and Bulkeley's AT CLOSE QUARTERS for extremely detailed accounts of PT actions. Good job Chun!
Customer Review: This esoteric work is a gem for the history buff as well as for the airship enthusiast. The photos alone make the book worthy enough to justify the effort of cracking open one's wallet. The information on the airships - or should I say "big slow explosive aerial targets" - and the intrepid units... more info
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