BOOK NEWS
PAN AM REFERENCES OF NOTE
Exciting books - old and new - about Pan American World Airways: Classic history & reference, pictorial, biography, and fiction.
REVIEW | The Shadow flies the China Clipper (#2 Pan Am) from the popular comic book series "The Fire of Creation" by Dynamite Entertainment.
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.
BOOK: "Wings of Freedom" by Al Topping. When Al Topping managed to carry nearly 500 evacuees from Saigon to freedom on Pan Am.
"Aviation Humor Served Neat," reviewed by Eric Hobson. Not the first book published by Pan Am insiders but it might be the funniest.
Pan Am-related Books for Kids: Nick Grant Adventure Novels | Historical Aviation Comics | The China Clipper | Timmy Rides the China Clipper.
"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.
“Captain of the Tides: Gunner Morgan” — the book by Charles D. Morgan with Jacque Hillman, winner of the 2022 Bronze Medal for Historical Fiction.
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.
Pan Africa by Tom Culbert & Andy Dawson (1998): An intriguing story about building airport infrastructure in Africa in 1941, during World War Two.
"Flight 7 is Missing, The Search for My Father's Killer" by Ken Fortenberry. Reviewed by Peter Leslie, former Director of PAHF.
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.
Sky Road to Adventure by Lewis Theiss: A popular aviation-action-adventure series, starring Ginger Hale, was linked to Pan Am's early years.
Review: The 747: A Tumultuous Beginning (2015) by Ron Marasco who witnessed history up close as Pan Am's General Manager for 747 Maintenance.
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.
An engaging historical novel: "Pacific Musick, Personal Life of Captain Ed Musick, Chief Pilot of Pan American Airways China Clipper" by Ross Detwiler.
"Pan Am - Personal Tributes to a Global Aviation Pioneer" a beautifully-compiled commemorative book by Jeff Kriendler & James Patrick Baldwin.
Christine Yano writes about her research on Japanese flight attendants at Pan Am and the background for her book, Airborne Dreams.
