From the Prairies of Chicago
From the Prairies of Chicago

Author: Frank Albert

Publisher: Trafford on Demand Pub

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1553693833

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USS Enterprise (CV-6): the most decorated ship of world war II

Enterprise
Enterprise

Author: Barrett Tillman

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-02-14

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1439190879

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Presents the story of World War II's most decorated warship as drawn from oral histories, the author's interviews with last surviving veterans, and historical accounts of its most significant military achievements.

USS Enterprise (CV-6)
USS Enterprise (CV-6)

Author: David Doyle

Publisher: Schiffer Military History

Published: 2020-11-28

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780764360756

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Though it barely missed being caught and destroyed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the US Navy's USS Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier took part in every major action of the Pacific War, from the Doolittle Raid to the battles of Midway, Santa Cruz, and Guadalcanal to the Philippine Sea and Leyte. Affectionately known as the "Big E," as well as as the "fightingest ship in the Navy," the Enterprise racked up one of the most impressive tallies of damage to the enemy of any Allied warship during WWII. This book explores Enterprise's design and construction, wartime activities, and ultimate postwar decommissioning and scrapping through carefully researched photos, many of which have never before been published. The clarity and large size of many of the photos, coupled with descriptive and informative captions, put the reader on the deck of this historic warship throughout its famed history.

The Big E
The Big E

Author: Edward Peary Stafford

Publisher: US Naval Institute Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781591148029

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First published by Random House in 1962. First published by Naval Institute Press, with a new introduction, in 1988.

Typeset in the Future
Typeset in the Future

Author: Dave Addey

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2018-12-11

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 168335334X

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A designer’s deep dive into seven science fiction films, filled with “gloriously esoteric nerdery [and] observations as witty as they are keen” (Wired). In Typeset in the Future, blogger and designer Dave Addey invites sci-fi movie fans on a journey through seven genre-defining classics, discovering how they create compelling visions of the future through typography and design. The book delves deep into 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Alien, Blade Runner, Total Recall, WALL·E, and Moon, studying the design tricks and inspirations that make each film transcend mere celluloid and become a believable reality. These studies are illustrated by film stills, concept art, type specimens, and ephemera, plus original interviews with Mike Okuda (Star Trek), Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall), and Ralph Eggleston and Craig Foster (Pixar). Typeset in the Future is an obsessively geeky study of how classic sci-fi movies draw us in to their imagined worlds.