BOOK NEWS
PAN AM REFERENCES OF NOTE
REVIEW | The Shadow flies the China Clipper (#2 Pan Am) from the popular comic book series "The Fire of Creation" by Dynamite Entertainment.
An engaging historical novel: "Pacific Musick, Personal Life of Captain Ed Musick, Chief Pilot of Pan American Airways China Clipper" by Ross Detwiler.
Ron Marasco's book about FDR's dramatic WW2 flight to Africa on PAA's B-314 Dixie Clipper to attend the Casablanca Conference PDF.
Christine Yano writes about her research on Japanese flight attendants at Pan Am and the background for her book, Airborne Dreams.
Recent Pan Am-related books that have crossed our desk. And all of them are about or touch on Pan Am’s history and experiences.
Pan Africa by Tom Culbert & Andy Dawson (1998): An intriguing story about building airport infrastructure in Africa in 1941, during World War Two.
Two reviews of a book by Jon Krupnick on his exploration of the history of air mail transport during Pan American’s conquest of the Pacific.
Review: The 747: A Tumultuous Beginning (2015) by Ron Marasco who witnessed history up close as Pan Am's General Manager for 747 Maintenance.
"Flight 7 is Missing, The Search for My Father's Killer" by Ken Fortenberry. Reviewed by Peter Leslie, former Director of PAHF.
"Pan Am at War" by Mark Cotta Vaz & John H. Hill covers Pan American World Airways' historically important role in aiding the Allies during WW2.
Riding the Reef: Carol Nickisher writes about the 2nd North Haven Expedition at Midway and Wake, based on her father's story of Pan Am's work there.
Pan Am-related Books for Kids: Nick Grant Adventure Novels | Historical Aviation Comics | The China Clipper | Timmy Rides the China Clipper.
Pan Am's First Lady, a book compiled from Betty Trippe's journals about her travels on Pan Am with her husband, Pan Am founder Juan Trippe.
"Pan Am - Personal Tributes to a Global Aviation Pioneer" a beautifully-compiled commemorative book by Jeff Kriendler & James Patrick Baldwin.
Bonita (Bonnie) Gilbert is the author of Building for War: The Epic Saga of the Civilian Contractors and Marines of Wake Island in World War II (Casemate).
Sky Road to Adventure by Lewis Theiss: A popular aviation-action-adventure series, starring Ginger Hale, was linked to Pan Am's early years.
"China's Wings" by Gregory Crouch. An excellent history of the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC), a Pan Am subsidiary in WW2.
A close associate of Juan Trippe, "Aviation's Quiet Pioneer John C. Leslie." Authored by his son, Peter Leslie in 2012 & PDF of the book's introduction.
