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Navy: An Illustrated History: The U.S. Navy from 1775 to the 21st Century (Illustrated History (Zenith Press)) 4 reviews
Chester G. Hearn
Zenith Press, 2007
It's an excellent choice for any military library
In 1775 a new Congress formed what would evolve into one of the world's greatest military organizations: the US Navy - and NAVY: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY celebrates this, using paintings, photos, and maps to trace the evolution of the Navy during the wars it fought. Both black and white and color illustrations, from photos to artistic representations, make NAVY an excellent survey - and it comes ...
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Marines: An Illustrated History: The United States Marine Corps from 1775 to the 21st Century (Illustrated ... 1 review
Chester G. Hearn
Zenith Press, 2007
Marines: An Illustrated History
This was purchased for a gift. The recipients are both Marines and appreciated receiving it.
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Admiral David Glasgow Farragut: The Civil War Years
Chester G. Hearn
US Naval Institute Press, 1998
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Admiral David Dixon Porter: The Civil War Years4 reviews
Chester G. Hearn
Naval Institute Press, 1996
A great Civil war read
I was fastenated by the story of one of America's fightingAdmrials. Porter's success on the Mississpi river prevented the southfrom using it to transport goods and men anywhere. He effectively cutthe West out of the war by maintianing control of this river. The book reads as well as any by Bruce Catton. If you think that the Civil war was fought only on the ground, this book is for you.
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Mobile Bay and the Mobile Campaign: The Last Great Battles of the Civil War
Chester G. Hearn
McFarland & Company, 1998
In the Civil War, both sides understood that closing the South's ports would halt the introduction of war matriel to the industrially weak region. Though the North captured New Orleans in 1862, they did not attack the Confederate navy in Mobile Bay or the city of Mobile, Alabama, until 1864. The two-year delay allowed much needed supplies to enter the Confederacy and changed the face of the ensuing Mobile Campaign, as technological advances ...
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Air Force: An Illustrated History: The U.S. Air Force from 1907 to the 21st Century
Chester G. Hearn
Zenith Press, 2008
From its beginnings in 1907 as the Aeronautical Division of U.S. Armys Signal Corps, which consisted of one officer and two enlisted men, the United States Air Force has grown to become the foremost aerial armed force in the world. Although they had to fly French and British planes as the fledgling army aeronautical bureaucracy failed to procure any combat-worthy American aircraft, which arguably did not exist, American aviators performed ...
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Six Years of Hell: Harpers Ferry During the Civil War1 review
Chester G. Hearn
Louisiana State University Press, 1999
A good book but really horrible maps hamper author's efforts
I recently visited Harpers Ferry on a vacation where I was touring eastern Civil War battlefields and found the place so facinating that I wanted to learn more about it's history. While Harpers Ferry was an important location during the Civil War, in most Civil War books it's a sideshow of something larger such as the battle of Antietam. Fortunately with Chester Hearn's book it gets center stage ...
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Carriers in Combat: The Air War at Sea (Stackpole Military History Series) (Stackpole Military History Series)
Chester G. Hearn
Stackpole Books, 2007
Aircraft carriers surged into prominence during World War II--mainly in the Pacific, where the U.S. and Japan fought history s greatest carrier battles, like the Coral Sea and Midway. Since then, although there have been no engagements between carrier groups, carriers have played an important role in world events, serving as distant launching pads for attacks on targets around the globe. From the first improvised wooden platforms to today s ...
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Army: An Illustrated History: The U.S. Army from 1775 to the 21st Century1 review
Chester G. Hearn
Zenith Press, 2006
The entire combat history of the U.S. Army from the American Revolution to modern times, making for an outstanding survey.
A number of books chart U.S. Army members, achievements, and battles; but few offer the general public a fine visual overview as does Army: An Illustrated History, suitable for public library lending. Dramatic paintings, action photos and battle maps survey the army's changes, success, failures, and growth around the world, juxtaposing history and biography with technological insights on weaponry ...
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Ellet's Brigade: The Strangest Outfit of All (History Book Club Selection)1 review
Chester G. Hearn
Louisiana State University Press, 2000
Ellet's Brigade -- a great yarn
When many people think of naval action in the Civil War, they likely think of the battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack. Ellet's Brigade is about the "brown water" action that took place around Vicksburg before and after the seige of that Confederate city. The brigade was run by a visionary, Charles Ellet, Jr., who believed the way to defeat the Confederate river navy was to use inexpensive, ...
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The Capture of New Orleans, 1862 2 reviews
Chester G. Hearn
Louisiana State University Press, 1995
Great overview of the New Orleans campaign
I beg to differ with the previous reviewer. Chester G. Hearn's writing is concise, interesting, and thorough, not to mention being a great read! I would highly recommend everything he's written, in fact, with the exception of "Rebels and Yankees: Naval Battles of the Civil War" (pub. Thunder Bay Press); that one is so uncharacteristically bad that I can only conclude that a lousy editor was ...
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The American Soldier in World War II2 reviews
Chester G. Hearn
Zenith Press, 2001
Mysterious Editor
This book was not written by Bernard C. Nalty. It was written by Chester G. Hearn and to the best of my knowledge edited by Ray Bonds, who was the project manager.
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Spies & Espionage: A Directory
Chester G. Hearn
Thunder Bay Press (CA), 2006
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Rebels and Yankees: Naval Battles of the Civil War 4 reviews
Chester G. Hearn
Thunder Bay Press (CA), 2000
Battles of the Civil War by Chester Hearns
This book is perfect for a school project. It contains many full color pictures of historic Civil War battles, equipment and combat weaponry. There are memorable pictures of war-torn recruits. This rendition very much captures the history of the period. Since there was no definitive resolution of the slavery question in the American Constitution, the question remained open to interpretation. ...
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Illustrated Directory of the United States Marine Corps (Illustrated Directory)
Chester G Hearn
Zenith Press, 2003
Revered for its tough training regime and "hit-the-beaches" philosophy, the U.S. Marine Corps has fought in every overseas conflict in which America has been involved since George Washington's first amphibious operations during the Revolution.
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When the Devil Came Down to Dixie: Ben Butler in New Orleans2 reviews
Chester G. Hearn
Louisiana State University Press, 1997
The Beast of New Orleans as real person
I have always been fascinated with General Benjamin Butler both because of the story of his ill fated term as military governor of New Orleans during the Civil War and because of his physical image. The photographs always show someone who seems to be a grotesque characature of a human being rather than a real person, somehow appropriate for a man known as 'the Beast of New Orleans'. This book ...
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George Washington's Schooners: The First American Navy
Chester G. Hearn
US Naval Institute Press, 1995
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Tracks in the Sea : Matthew Fontaine Maury and the Mapping of the Oceans5 reviews
Chester Hearn
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2003
American Hero
Mr. Hearn's splendid account of the life of the self-taught Matthew Maury is one that should be read by anyone with the remotest interest in sailing or the industrial revolution. He should also be of interest to those who want a concrete account of the benefits of "data-mining" in which miscellaneous, disparate sources of information are aggregated into something which is tremendously useful. ...
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The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Chester G. Hearn
McFarland & Company, 2000
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Circuits in the Sea: The Men, the Ships, and the Atlantic Cable2 reviews
Chester G. Hearn
Praeger Publishers, 2004
Atlantic Cable History with Good Research Resources
As we approach and pass significant anniversaries in the history of submarine telegraphy much interest is being shown in the events of almost 150 years ago; Chester Hearn's book on the Atlantic Cable is the third such in as many years. In his preface to the book, Hearn notes that his interest in the cable came from the research for an earlier book: Tracks in the Sea: Matthew Fontaine Maury and ...
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