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Old June 3rd, 2008, 08:05 PM
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anybody know of a guy by the name of HEBER A. HOLBROOK ,an author of a book im looking for ?the books titled "THE HISTORY AND TIMES OF USS PORTLAND",its mentioned in another book about "portland"called "sweetpea at war a history of uss portland" by thomas generous which i recommend to anyone whose into great ww2 heavy cruisers.holbrook also authored a book on uss san francisco which he also served in.any help will be huge,thanks. sweetpea.
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Here ya go, Pea!

AbeBooks: Search Results - uss portland
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thanks for the lead but abebooks came up with the book i already have and read;any other suggestions?again ,thanx ,thats a great place for books though; i'll be using it in the future.
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What's interesting is the asking price for the Warship Pictorial edition on Indianapolis & Portland - $135 !!!!! Yikes ! Hell, I'll sell my copy for $125 and save somebody ten bucks.
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yeah,i'm seriously thinking about letting mine go as well ,they got another one going for a cool $193.00.sounds like a very lucrative business.do i hear $189.99!!!
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Roll Models lists it in their current online catalog at 11 (eleven) US bucks, new .
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