BOOK NEWS
PAN AM REFERENCES OF NOTE
"Flight 7 is Missing, The Search for My Father's Killer" by Ken Fortenberry. Reviewed by Peter Leslie, former Director of PAHF.
"China's Wings" by Gregory Crouch. An excellent history of the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC), a Pan Am subsidiary in WW2.
"Aviation Humor Served Neat," reviewed by Eric Hobson. Not the first book published by Pan Am insiders but it might be the funniest.
Exciting books-old and new-on Pan American World Airways: Classic history & reference, pictorial, biography, fiction & non-fiction.
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.
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.
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 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.
An engaging historical novel: "Pacific Musick, Personal Life of Captain Ed Musick, Chief Pilot of Pan American Airways China Clipper" by Ross Detwiler.
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.
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).
