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Discussion in 'WWII Books & Publications' started by sweetpea33, Jun 3, 2008.

  1. sweetpea33

    sweetpea33 Member

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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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    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 :eek:.
     

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