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Tailhook Ebooks Catalog

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Current Featured Publications

The following is a list of Tailhook Ebooks currently ready for distribution. A click on each ebook illustration will link you to a full description and order form for that publication:

Flying and Popular Aviation Magazine
Special Naval Aviation Issue — January 1942

The January 1942 issue of Flying and Popular Aviation magazine printed a 260-page issue devoted entirely to U.S. Naval Aviation. By coincidence, the issue appeared at the same time as the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Planned and prepared months in advance of publication, the issue presents an in-depth look at pre-war American naval readiness, and insight into naval thinking and planning. The contents cover all departments of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics, as well as the history and status of Naval Aviation in 1941. And it marked the end of the Navy's defensive posture. Six months later, the U.S. Navy was a different animal. – Click here for a longer description and on-line reading.

The Smell of Kerosene

LCDR Jake Mallick (Ret) is a rarity. He used his Navy flight expertise to launch a 31-year career as NASA's top flight test examiner. A few years ago, he wrote a book — THE SMELL OF KEROSENE — about his experiences, which NASA published as part of its public education mission. Only a few copies were turned out and were quickly snapped up by NASA and military insiders. The book may still be found for free on the NASA website or on www.alibris.com for a price. Or a downloadable, printable copy may be found here. – Click here for a longer description and on-line reading.

Highlights of 20+ Years in the U.S. Navy

Highlights of 20+ Years in the U.S. Navy is a series of nine articles on the naval career of CDR Norman E. Davis. The articles were written for and published by AOPA (Airplane Owners and Pilots Association) Magazine in New Zealand, where CDR Davis and his family now reside in retirement. The series covers CDR Davis' early training as a Naval Reserve seaman apprentice and Naval Aviation Cadet, then assignments in Antarctica, Europe, Vietnam and the Pacific rim, to retirement as squadron commander of the Navy's first electronic warfare squadron. – Click here for a longer description and a sample for on-line reading.

1959 Navy Wings of Gold Recruiting Booklet

Navy Wings of Gold is a Naval Aviator recruiting booklet. It was printed for the Navy by the Government Printing Office in 1959. In easy conversational language, the 50-page booklet tells the story of Basic and Advanced Training as it existed 50 years ago. Drawings and photographs depict students and instructors at various training stages. Click here for a longer description and on-line reading.

The Bedford Gazette (1805-1905)

The Bedford Gazette is the ninth oldest newspaper in continuous publication in the United States. It was founded in 1805 in the frontier town of Bedford Pennsylvania. Despite its backwoods location and small size, Bedford played a remarkable role in the country's westward expansion, in early frontier culture, in the Civil War and Reconstruction, and in American industrialization during the late 1800s. Throughout the 19th Century, the Bedford Gazette chronicled America with all its glories and blemishes from a small town, rural viewpoint. Today, Bedford is best known as a rest stop on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and the Gazette is that rarity — a small town daily newspaper that happens to be more than 200 years old. LT Richard F. Fralick started the book in 1959 as a journalism master's thesis, and it just "kinda grew" to 300 pages over 50 years. – Click here for a longer description and a sample for on-line reading.

Carousel Magazine

Carousel is an internet magazine (ezine) that reprints articles on American culture from older publications. The purpose of the publication is to preserve ideas, methods, and opinions of an earlier time. Topics include antiques, culture, Americana, history and other interesting old tidbits. Carousel sources include books, magazines, newspapers, journals, and other writings that are now out of print. Each issue is published as it comes available for on-screen reading. — Click here for a longer description and a sample for on-line reading.

Science Fiction/Fantasy Pulp Publications

Pulp Science Fiction is a series of reprinted stories and artwork from the beginning of America's love affair with technology. Originally published in inexpensive magazines from the 1920s, 30s and 40s, pulp science was not like today's NASA science — readers weren't concerned with technical accuracy; they were only interested in a good yarn. A companion pulp group were the "fantasy" publications. In these, science was ignored almost totally, but strange things still happened without explanation. If you're an old-time sci-fi/fantasy fan, this is a series you'll love. If you've never read an old pulp, you're in for a treat. The colorful covers alone are worth having. – Click here for a longer description and a sample for on-line reading.

The Pennsylvania Dutchman

The Pennsylvania Dutchman was a newspaper published from 1949 to 1952 by the Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA. Each 8-page issue contained stories about the early German settlers, their history, culture, crafts and genealogy. A few columns of each issue were devoted to articles in German. This series reprints only the English language stories. Some of the obscure topics covered are Pennsylvania Dutch folk signs, powwows, cooking, folk medicines, crafts, Amish and Menonite beliefs, genealogy, folk lore, hexing, and country family life. For skeptics, reading just a few articles will whet your appetite for more. Click here for a longer description and a sample for on-line reading.