BOOK NEWS
PAN AM REFERENCES OF NOTE
Pan Africa by Tom Culbert & Andy Dawson (1998): An intriguing story about building airport infrastructure in Africa in 1941, during World War Two.
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.
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 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.
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.
Christine Yano writes about her research on Japanese flight attendants at Pan Am and the background for her book, Airborne Dreams.
“Captain of the Tides: Gunner Morgan” — the book by Charles D. Morgan with Jacque Hillman, winner of the 2022 Bronze Medal for Historical Fiction.
"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 - Personal Tributes to a Global Aviation Pioneer" a beautifully-compiled commemorative book by Jeff Kriendler & James Patrick Baldwin.
Review: The 747: A Tumultuous Beginning (2015) by Ron Marasco who witnessed history up close as Pan Am's General Manager for 747 Maintenance.
Exciting books-old and new-on Pan American World Airways: Classic history & reference, pictorial, biography, fiction & non-fiction.
Sky Road to Adventure by Lewis Theiss: A popular aviation-action-adventure series, starring Ginger Hale, was linked to Pan Am's early years.
"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.
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.
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).
Pan Am-related Books for Kids: Nick Grant Adventure Novels | Historical Aviation Comics | The China Clipper | Timmy Rides the China Clipper.
