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Webb Research Group publishes between 6 and 10 new books per year. While these books are on historical and Northwestern topics, the variety of subjects keeps our line of books fresh and informative, as well as challenging our readers to keep up with the yearly releases!
Shipwrecks and
Rescueson the Northwest Coast INCLUDES: World War-II Japanese Torpedoing of Ships on the United States West Coast 
Introduction by James A. Gibbs Bert and Margie Webber Authors put readers in the middle of action-packed episodes involving dozens of shipwrecks, many fatal. Some wrecks covered are not mentioned elsewhere and some are classical wrecks folks love to read about but this book also brings to light new information gleaned from dozens of sources. |
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Battery Point
and St. George Reef Lighthouses Bert and Margie Webber The Two Most Northern California lighthouses, Battery Point lighthouse, at the Crescent City harbor entrance (41° 45' N.) and St. George Reef Lighthouse (41° 50' N.), perched on a rocky reef about six miles at sea nearly on the Oregon-California line (42° N. Lat.) were the line extended into the ocean, are so close to Oregon and isolated from the rest of California seacoast lighthouses they are often considered part of the Northwest lighthouse scene. AT CRESCENT CITY, one can walk across the bottom of the ocean at low tide and visit inside Battery Point lighthouse. This is one of the few 19th century lighthouses still operating with a resident keeper-of-the-light. The present visitor schedule extends from April through September. Of note in Chapter 5 "Lighthouse Ghost Stories – Things That Go BUMP in the Night." ST. GEORGE REEF LIGHTHOUSE is inaccessible but those with a suitable boat can cruise to and around it. Some charter boats journey to the lighthouse. The giant granite lighthouse shaft is impressive with its lantern room 146 feet above high water. Men used to live in there! ALSO PART OF THIS BOOK is the story, with pictures, of the giant tsunami that swept away much of the downtown portion of Crescent City in 1964 leaving death and destruction. Here is an eye-witness account of the tidal waves – 5 of them one after the other as they pounded the city – as viewed by the keeper from Battery Point lighthouse. 88 Photographs Map Bibliography Appendix Index 5½x8½. ISBN 0-936738-92-8 (Year 2000 edition) $12.95 
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FUJITAFlying Sumarai His Aerial Bombing of the Continental United States in World War II Bert and Margie Webber Imperial Japanese Navy pilot Nobuo Fujita was the only enemy pilot to bomb the continental United States in a manned aircraft in World War II. He did it in an "erector-set" airplane that had been carried to the west coast of the U.S.A. in a submarine from Japan. The airplane was assembled on deck, then was catapulted into the sky on an overcast day in September 1942 on a unique mission never before attempted, and a mission that he would repeat only one more time. He was to start a forest fire with his bombs, and it worked! 
Fujita's exploits were daring and his skill as a pilot was tested when he had trouble returning to the I-25 submarine. Should he ditch in the ocean and risk capture, or crash the plane, kamikaze style, into a nearby town? Read the eye-witness accounts, and the words of the pilot who made history in this little known chapter of World War II.An entire chapter details the embarrassing fumbling and failure of the U.S. military to respond. This first Japanese assault on the mainland of the United States, over 7000 miles from Japan, by air, was thought to be beyond their technical capabilities. Would troups need to be pulled back from the Pacific Theater to guard the coast from invasion? How soon would it come? 51 rare pictures, map, bibliography, index ISBN 0-936738-95-2 $12.95
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Mustang:Fury Over Europe 8th Air Force Fighter Command – World War II Bert and Margie Webber Here are the experiences of a teenage boy thrust suddenly into the stress and horror of a fighting man's world. He became an Ace pilot with 14 kills (Messerschmitt ME-109's) before his 19th birthday. Fly with him on his hair-raising P-51 MUSTANG raids at Karlsruhe, the Mannheim matter, experiences in England, the Greek episode in his all-metal sleek stress-skinned Mustang fighter, unmatched in its manueverability, speed, firepower and range. F. Franklin Craig lived through it all and is retired in Oregon. Craig's story is highly recommended as an evocative personal statement of courage and integrity in the face of war. It belongs on every military buff's bookshelf. Includes Index. $9.95 Shipping in USA add $5.95
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An Oregon
Logging Pioneer
This biography by his daughter, Joyce Hall, assisted by Lee Wood,
is a masterwork of recording Shroyer's experiences with empathy
for his personal circumstances mixed with the hard and often times
lethal risks encountered in the forests by loggers.
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Limited to 1,000 serial numbered and author signed copies! |
Battleship Oregon
The Spanish-American War 32 cent U.S. Commemorative (1998) postage stamp "Remember the Maine" is added to page 1 with a special postmark honoring the centennial of the battle—July 3, 1998.
Amazing True Tales of
Wrecked Japanese Junks (English/Japanese Bilingual Edition)Bert & Margie Webber These accounts of amazing incidents where Japanese sailors and fishermen were cast into the fury of the great North Pacific Ocean in their ships - junks - that were built only for shallow-water coastal use, and the destruction of their vessels by the seas, is the stuff of which novels are written.
Here are exciting stories of some 60 of these incidents and the waifs (shipwrecked sailors), their rescuers, and what happened to some of the Japanese who were often plucked from the jaws of death by American seamen. 77 Pictures. 7 Maps. 13 Charts. Bibliography. Notes. Index. $16.95 |
"Terrible Tilly" Tillamook Rock Lighthouse Bert and Margie Webber Tillamook Rock 1-mile offshore, was manned full-time showing powerful 1st order Fresnel light from 1881-1957 then discontinued. Severe winter storms knocked out its light 133-feet above sea, injuring the crew. "Ham" Radio Saves Men! Authors recount life, emergencies, with historical accuracy. Amazing diary of events of early builders clinging to rock with bare hands during winter storms. "Tilly" now columbarium is National Wildlife Refuge. Loads of unique photos. 144p. 5½x8½. Biblio. Index. $12.95
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THE SISKIYOU
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ADVENTURE IN RAILROADING Bert and Margie Webber THE SISKIYOU LINE is a chunk
out of the Southern Pacific's original Shasta Route, the rails that stretch
from Oakland, California to Portland, Oregon by way of the fantastic Siskiyou
Mountains. This line is now operated by the Central Oregon & Pacific
Railroad (CORP) between Springfield Junction and Black Butte, south
of Mt. Shasta in California.
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A Woman's Diary
on the
Barlow Road Nancy Wilson, Curator, McLoughlin House - National Historic Site, Oregon City Most women went to Oregon in tight-lipped protest. They packed, waved good-bye to their friends and family, and left as proper wives did following their husbands wishes. The Barlow Road, more dangerous than most routes, skirted Mount Hood on its south side and was the final link for wagons directly into Oregon City from The Dalles on the Columbia River. Women exhibited their stamina here, often driving the wagons. Maps. Biblio. Index. 34 photographs. 86 pages. 5½x8½. pbk. Large type for visually handicapped.$9.95 |
This isLogging and Sawmilling
Bert and Margie Webber Here is a different kind of book about logging for it includes the next step - the saw milling of logs. Includes pictures of the latest methods of helicopter logging. Special chapter shows how a big tree is felled in the snow. Railroad logging - those weird and powerful gear driven locomotives and donkey engines. Shows how a logging camp in the woods of the 1920's was set up and what made it work. This is the only logging book with pictures and data about fighting forest fires with air tanker retardant drops. Visit a lumber mill with a picture tour of each process in the making of lumber from a log. Watch as a huge mill burns in a ferocious fire. Indeed, this logging book is different. 160p. 8½x11. 247 photos. Maps. Glossary. Biblio. Index. pbk. $19.95 |
Ashland - An
Oregon Oasis
Janelle Davidson "Experience the Plaza, Lithia Park, a Shakespeare play. Make my day." -D. A. Florencio Ashland. It has it all! Small town charm with big city culture, year around recreation, great parks, good schools and a fine place to raise your kids. Ashland. Nowhere else in Oregon is like it. Not even close. Ashland is home to Southern Oregon University and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Also covers the town's amazing history. 141 photos in 162 p. 5½x8½ Maps. Biblio. Index. $12.95 |
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Fort Laramie:
Over the
APPLEGATE TRAIL To Oregon in 1846; Includes The Pringle Diary and Other Pertinences The Unabridged Diary with Introduction and Contemporary Comments and Photographs by Bert Webber Includes Pringle Genealogy by Anne Billeter, Ph. D. "This
books fills a great need as there are very few books about the Applegate
Trail"
-R.J. Portal,
Librarian The Applegate Trail was a route into Oregon by way of Nevada and Southern Oregon to avoid the treacherous Blue Mountains. While there was water following the Humboldt River in Nevada as far as today's Winnemucca, the route northward through the Black Rock Desert toward Oregon proved dangerous - no water, no food - for days. This book has amazing photos, description of Black Rock Desert.
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The Lure of Medford
Railroads - Airplanes -
Buildings - Pipe Organs
Southern Oregon's premier city
was not the first town in the region- When Jacksonville and Ashland were
thriving, Medford was not yet a happy thought. It was the wheeling and
dealing of speculators and the Oregon & California Railroad that forced
the birth of Medford. Due to the railroad, the town grew to Jacksonville's
near demise. Here is the story of Medford then and now. Its architect,
Frank N. Clark designed hundreds of it business and residential properties.
Medford had the first commercial airport and first air mail service in
Oregon and in the 1920's, a never-to-be-forgotten pipe organ salesman hit
the town. The Lure of Medford is a fast-paced, striking adventure.
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