ART TREASURES IN AND AROUND PRESCOTT, ARIZONA
MATERNITY WARD: FINAL FLIGHT OF A WORLD WAR II LIBERATOR
ART TREASURES AND MUSEUMS
IN AND AROUND
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA
Includes sculptures, bronzes, paintings, and biographical information on the artists. Also features Prescott's four fine museums: Sharlot Hall Museum, Smoki Museum-American Art and Culture, Phippen Museum of Western Art, and new Fort Whipple Interpretive Center. Also includes:
HISTORIES of Prescott (with listings of historic buildings, Victorian homes and cemeteries), Fort Whipple, Yavapai-Prescott Native American Indians, and fine metal casting
BIOGRAPHIES of Solon Borglum, Mary Colter, Kate Cory, Paul Coze, Sharlot Hall, Buckey O'Neill, and George Phippen
EXCURSIONS to museums and areas of historic interest in central and northern Arizona (including National Parks and Monuments), featuring:
NATIONAL PARKS : Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest
NATIONAL MONUMENTS : Montezuma Castle, Sunset Crater, Tuzigoot, Walnut Canyon, Wupatki
Price: $9.95. Check or money order only. Arizona residents add tax of $0.77 per book. Shipping & handling: $3.00 for first book; $1.00 each additional book.
Allow three weeks for delivery. Foreign rates available via e-mail.
Also available from Amazon.com.
On August 1, 1943, the United States Army Air Forces launched a fiery low-level raid on the oil fields of Ploesti, Romania. In the days following, USAAF staff tried desperately to locate all of the 178 B-24s and their flight crews who had taken part in the mission. It would be many years, however, before the truth about "Maternity Ward" is known.
MATERNITY WARD:FINAL FLIGHT OF A WWII LIBERATOR is a moving and historic account of what happened during the famous Ploesti mission. It describes life in the desert of North Africa as lived by thousands of United States airmen, events leading up to the raid, and the terrible ordeal experienced by B-24 flight crews as their planes raced toward the burning target at only 50-100 feet off the ground. The book incorporates the diary of one of Maternity Ward's waist-gunners, and tells for the first time the fate of the plane and its pilot and co-pilot. Over 85 photos and diagrams illustrate this dramatic saga.
...Anyone who has even remotely heard of the North Africa desert campaign, was part of the military operation, or is curious regarding the famous Ploesti low-level raid, should enjoy this book. How the 98th Bomb Group struggled to keep alive under the most inhumane conditions and still complete as many as 50 missions is recounted by the talented author.
...Major Robert W. Sternfels, Squadron Commander
345th Squadron, 98th Bomb Group, Pilot of B-24 "Sandman"...This book is about the brave soldiers, seamen, marines and airmen who have fought for America from the Revolutionary War to current-day conflicts. No matter what the odds or conditions, our Armed Forces have given their all in support of our nation. Hopefully this book will move you as much as it did me.
...Michael J. Polay, Major, USAF (Ret.) Associate Professor
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott,Arizona
Price: $14.95. Check or money order only. Arizona residents add tax of $1.15 per book. Shipping & handling: $3.00 for first book; $1.00 each additional book.
Allow three weeks for delivery. Foreign rates available via e-mail.
Also available from Amazon.com.