Ragwings Over The Sacramento River

Ragwings Over The Sacramento River
Author: Allen Herr
Publisher: Stansbury Publishing
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2020-10-18
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1935807552

Historical accounts of the first successful flight in California’s capital city and other notable Northern California flights that followed over three decades, the courageous aviators, and development of long forgotten airports from which they flew. Among them is the story of aviatrix Blanche Stuart Scott’s 1912 flights and Sac Muni female pilots twenty years later. Included is the first accurate history of early ag-flying in the north state revolutionizing the farmers. This is part of a three-book series on Northern California's aviation history 1909-1939.

Aviation in Northern California 1910-1939

Aviation in Northern California 1910-1939
Author: Allen Herr
Publisher: Stansbury Publishing
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2020-07-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1935807536

Aviation in Northern California 1910-1939: Vol. 1, San Francisco Bay Area is the only book to give a detailed account of early flying in the Bay Area. Historian Allen Herr recalls the aviation pioneers who flew weekly exhibitions promoting the Panama-Pacific International Exposition fifteen months prior to its San Francisco opening. These pioneers formed flying schools, built airports, manufactured aircraft, and competed against each other. Herr captures the energy behind the Bay Area aviation movement, tells who was involved, and describes the effects of their extraordinary determination and achievements. This edition is one of three in Herr's series of Aviation in Northern California 1910-1939.

Hops and Dreams

Hops and Dreams
Author: Rob Burton
Publisher: Stansbury Publishing
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2010-05-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1935807013

On November 15, 1980, two young homebrewers opened a microbrewery in northern California, naming it after the nearby mountain range. Thirty years later, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is widely recognized as a leader of the craft brewing revolution that has changed American beer's reputation around the world. Rob Burton's original research as a customer and his professional interactions with the young founders and personnel, describes the stories behind the company's astonishing rise to success. This is the first book written about the Chico brewery.

U. S. Civil Aircraft

U. S. Civil Aircraft
Author: Joseph P. Juptner
Publisher: Aero Pub Incorporated
Total Pages: 235
Release: 1994
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780830643745

This is the definitive history of U.S. civil air-craft, a classification in 1927 and continued through 1948, when the certification system was changed. An invaluable resource, this series is a tribute to the more than 800 aircrafts it describes and illustrates, as well as to the people who made them famous. Nineteen years of intensive research is represented in the series--every aircraft is explored down to the last river. Juptner provides specifications, performance figures, production information, and prices in meticulous detail. Outstanding photography, aircraft and company histories, and the names of designers round out the books in this one-of-a-kind collector's series.

The Face of Poetry

The Face of Poetry
Author: LaVerne Harrell Clark
Publisher: Arlington : Gallimaufry
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1976
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Around the World in 52 Words

Around the World in 52 Words
Author: Robert Stacey Burton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2002-07
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9780970892218

From ancients gods and goddesses to love and despair, from personal memories to public histories, this book contains 365 daily entries, each 52 words long, tackling a wide range of topical themes and issues. It was written over the course of one year as the world celebrated the turn of the millennium.

Sacramento River

Sacramento River
Author: Chip O'Brien
Publisher: Frank Amato Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Fly fishing
ISBN: 9781571880512

Each River Journal Treats In-Depth One Famous North American fly fishing river on gloss paper with dramatic all-color photographs showing the river and its fishing in its different moods throughout the year.Each book is authored by one experienced writer/angler; color photographs are contributed by professionals. Helpful area maps provide access information for anglers including river drifting, campgrounds, boat launching, shuttling, etc. There is insider fly-fishing help including timing of insect hatches, matching flies, lodging, guide and fly shop services, additional bibliography, map sources, phone numbers and addresses.

The Road to Cherokee

The Road to Cherokee
Author: Mary Ray King
Publisher:
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2016
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN: 9781931994279

Granny Aimes came to California by wagon with her family, the Normas and the Morrises, to begin a new adventure in a state flush with gold and promise. With pioneer grit, the Normans followed the placer gold while the Morrises found gold in the rich soil of Butte County. The threads of their story - with twists of hope, fear, betrayal, and redemption - are woven into the David and Goliath struggle between two of California's largest industries at that time - agriculture and gold hydraulicking. Mary Ray King's engaging storytelling brings to life unforgettable characters doing what people do today - live. It tells of two families surviving the challenges of life against the backdrop of two industries fighting to survive. Written in 1947, The Road to Cherokee isn't just a novel - it's a historical epic that will sweep you into another time. ANCHR added photographs and annotated history to provide persepective for that modern reader about events that, while they happened generations ago, still resonate today.