JOHN M. FREDRICKSON retired as a senior manager of the Boeing Company in 2011 after thirty-six years of service. He has twenty-one years combined reserve and active-duty service with the US Air Force and is a Vietnam War veteran. He is the author of Kansas City B-25 Factory of the Images of Aviation series (Arcadia Publishing 2014).
"An excellent pictorial history with more than 200 black-and-white
and color photographs, illuminating text and captions, technical
notes, and cutaway drawings. Highly recommended for World War II
historians, industry analysts, aviation enthusiasts, modelers, and
lay readers."--Library Journal
"Fredrickson's work has produced a book which can be enjoyed by
aviation buffs as well as professional historians and is as welcome
on a coffee table as it is in a professional library."--Seattle
Post-Intelligencer blog TRAVEL FOR AIRCRAFT
"The story of NAA's great factories is laid out in this new
photobook. Hundreds of images tell the story, many of them from the
company's archives. The accompanying text completes the tale,
covering the events, personalities, and actions which carried NAA
forward into the annals of history."--WWII History
"This book offers aviation, company, wartime and broader American
history served up in an accessible and really quite beautiful
package. It is good to read and stunning to look at. At first
glance, this one had 'book of the year' written all over it. I
didn't rush in to a review; I kept it back for slower appreciation.
This may not suit the PR departments of publishers but I know the
people at Zenith Press are really going for it to produce books of
this standard. They are winning. The NAA archive was a gift from
heaven and they didn't pass it up. Nor should you. John
Frederickson and his publisher have presented us with a
masterpiece. More please."--WarHistoryOnline.com
"Warbird Factory is a perfect exposition of how the American public
and the U.S. aviation industry shook off the effects of deadening
depression and sprang into action with the onset of
WWII."--Aviation History
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