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Vivid novelization of the true story of a 10-year-old’s survival during the 1908 Michigan wildfire that left 43 dead, 4600 homeless, and two million acres decimated.
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In October 1908, a wildfire swept through northeast Michigan and consumed 900 homes and two million acres of farms and forest. Despite the valiant efforts of the farmers, lumbermen, and shopkeepers, only Lake Huron could quench the flames. With no fire watch towers, spotting aircraft, telephones, or organized firefighting and only limited telegraph, warnings were too few and too late.br />
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i>Devil in the North Woods/b>/i> accurately depicts the fire's genesis, growth, and af | |  | | Once a Knight: A Novel of Aerial Combat and Romance in World War I
An ex-Texas Ranger joins the Royal Flying Corps as a pilot, duels with German pilots, and loses his heart to a young French beauty. Forced to decide between love and duty, he struggles to maintain honor and valor in the midst of chaos and death.
Note:/b> Although a love story forms the backbone of this novel, it most definitely does NOT fall under the romance genre umbrella. It is an adventure novel.br />
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World War I:/b> Air combat is invented in the skies above the battlefield.br />
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May 1917:/b> America is gearing up to enter the brutal conflict, and the Sopwith Camel is entering combat service. Many individual Americans, however, have long since signed on to fight the war.br />
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In 1916, Everett Ross quit the Texas Rangers and traveled to England to join the Roy | |  | | Pilots and Normal People: Short Stories from a Different Attitude
Eclectic collection of short fiction, including the award-winning "Remember." Mystery to paranormal, stormy relationships to quirky criminals, 21 stories of entertainment and humor.
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li>Is it really possible to forget a prejudice ingrained during war?/li>
li>Does death really close the door to life?/li>
li>Can a grounded pilot find another way to return to the sky?/li>
li>Are physical laws the same throughout the universe?/li>
li>Is aviation mostly intellect or mostly emotion?/li>
li>Are criminals just as smart as the law-abiding?/li>
li>Can one man fight back against society's increasing crudeness?/li>
li>Do space explorers really need a spaceship?/li>
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These and many other intriguing questions are ex | |  | | Rough War: Combat Story of Lt Paul Eastman, Burma Banshee P-40 & P-47 Pilot
'Rough War', a highly personal story of one man’s war in a 'forgotten theater' of WW II jungle warfare, weaves a chronology of the war around Eastman's diary and letters that describe his hopes, fears, and combat experiences. Today, doctors would diagnose Eastman with PTSD, but in the 1940s he had to deal with it on his own.
Battle fatigue...shell shock...PTSD... Terminology changes. The pain remains.
Paul Eastman, a small-town Wisconsin boy turned P-40 fighter pilot, lands in the jungles of Assam and Burma in 1943. Lt. Eastman's compelling story, gleaned from his diary and letters home and illustrated with his personal photos, provides unique insights into the realities of combat life and death, punctuated by love and concern for the wife he left behind. Author Walt Shiel skillfully interleaves an informative history of the broader war into Eastman's personal accounts.br />
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Eastman ev | |  | | T-41 Mescalero: The Military Cessna 172
Few realize the extent of the rich military history behind the 50-year-old Cessna 172 and its military cousin the T-41. Now, for the first time anywhere, this rich history is captured in print, complete with stories and photographs from around the world. Far more than just a listing of models and quantities sold to the 70 military operators of the ubiquitous Cessna 172, "T-41 Mescalero" includes training and operational tales of derring-do from military pilots around the world.
"Walt Shiel, Jan Forsgren and Mike Little have covered the story of the T-41 Mescalero, and other military 172s, in a wide-reaching and exciting way that paves new ground for the pilot, the aviation buff, and the historian. This volume contains personal stories, vivid descriptions, and more than a little humor -- but it also provides specifications and serials that have never previously been assembled in one place." --from the Foreword by Robert F. Dorr (author of i>Air Combat/i>)br />
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In 2006, the ubiquitous Cessna Model 172 Skyhawk turned 50, with a seldom-he |
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