BOOK NEWS
PAN AM REFERENCES OF NOTE
"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.
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.
"Flight 7 is Missing, The Search for My Father's Killer" by Ken Fortenberry. Reviewed by Peter Leslie, former Director of PAHF.
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.
BOOK: "Wings of Freedom" by Al Topping. When Al Topping managed to carry nearly 500 evacuees from Saigon to freedom on Pan Am.
"Pan Am - Personal Tributes to a Global Aviation Pioneer" a beautifully-compiled commemorative book by Jeff Kriendler & James Patrick Baldwin.
“Captain of the Tides: Gunner Morgan” — the book by Charles D. Morgan with Jacque Hillman, winner of the 2022 Bronze Medal for Historical Fiction.
"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.
Pan Am-related Books for Kids: Nick Grant Adventure Novels | Historical Aviation Comics | The China Clipper | Timmy Rides the China Clipper.
Pan Africa by Tom Culbert & Andy Dawson (1998): An intriguing story about building airport infrastructure in Africa in 1941, during World War Two.
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).
REVIEW: Two Important Books, by Eric Hobson. The years leading up to and during World War II are among Pan American Airway’s most intriguing.
Exciting books-old and new-on Pan American World Airways: Classic history & reference, pictorial, biography, fiction & non-fiction.
REVIEW | The Shadow flies the China Clipper (#2 Pan Am) from the popular comic book series "The Fire of Creation" by Dynamite Entertainment.
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.
"Aviation Humor Served Neat," reviewed by Eric Hobson. Not the first book published by Pan Am insiders but it might be the funniest.
An engaging historical novel: "Pacific Musick, Personal Life of Captain Ed Musick, Chief Pilot of Pan American Airways China Clipper" by Ross Detwiler.
