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Footnotes in History    by Alf B. Meier
Price: $3.99 USD. 30360 words. Published on April 3, 2011. .

Some events in history are so obscured by legend that hardly anybody knows how things really happened. Some legends are self-perpetuating and facts get ignored by certain authors or are unknown to them. In chronicling history, it appears to be sufficient to parrot what somebody else said to the point that the truth just appears as footnotes.
Time Travel Adventures Of The 1800 Club, BOOK II    by Robert McAuley
Price: $1.99 USD. 58330 words. Published on June 13, 2011. .

The 1800 Club is a 21st Century haven for people seeking to escape New York City's frantic pace. Dressed in clothes their ancestors might have worn during the 1800s, members enjoy foods of the period and read periodicals featuring news of a particular date in 1865. However, the 1800 Club also has an astounding secret; Time Travel. Members travel back in time to keep history on track.
The Birth of Flight: A History of the Wright Brothers    by BookCaps
Price: $2.99 USD. 9910 words. Published on December 7, 2011. .

Orville and Wilbur Wright are two Americans credited with designing and constructing the world’s first successful airplane, as well as making the first controlled, motor-powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight. While their first flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1912 was short (only 12 seconds) their impact on history would be long-lasting.
STOLEN IN PARIS: The Lost Chronicles of Young Ernest Hemingway: The Perks of Being a Doctor's Kid    by David Wyant
Price: $4.98 USD. 8780 words. Published on June 7, 2012. .

The 4th book in "The Lost Chronicles" series, young Ernest Hemingway reflects on the perks of being the son of a doctor. A few close calls requiring survival skills lead him to appreciate the lessons his father has taught him. The troupe also experiences some travel through history and time to experience the first Wright Brother's flight, as well as a trip across the English Channel. Read on!
Across the Rainbow    by Victoria Chancellor
Price: $3.99 USD. 97580 words. Published by Rob Preece on September 17, 2012. .

Pilot David Terrell knows that rainbows are sunlight refracted off raindrops--nothing magic. When his young daughter urges him to fly across the rainbow and find a princess to be her mother, David doesn't expect anything but he finds he's been transported to another time... where he meets a beautiful woman. But David has to deal with his demons before he's ready for a princess.
If You Fly... Don't Crash!    by Charles Bailey
Price: $2.99 USD. 28730 words. Published on October 8, 2012. .

“There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots.” — W.W. Windstaff The author piloted Air Force heavy jets for over two decades, in peacetime and wartime. IF YOU FLY… DON’T CRASH! (Confessions of a White-knuckle Pilot) highlights some of the good, the bad, and the simply silly aspects of aviation experienced during his thousands of hours airborne.
Miss Jones and the Wright Brothers    by Caitlind L. Alexander
Price: $0.99 USD. 2360 words. Published by LearningIsland.com  on November 24, 2012. .

Meet Miss Jones, the time traveling 2nd grade teacher. Whenever she finds something “not quite right” in history, she goes back and fixes it! In this adventure Miss Jones discovers that the first flight ended in a deadly crash! Something went wrong with the plane and Orville Wright crashed just after takeoff. The first flight never happened. Can Miss Jones reach Kill Devil Hill in time to fix it!
The Birth of Flight: A History of the Wright Brothers Just for Kids!    by BookCaps
Price: $2.99 USD. 8210 words. Published on January 17, 2013. .

Planes have been flying ever since you were born, so why should you care about how they were invented? Why should you care about what happened over 100 years ago? Well, although humans have figured out a lot about flying, there is still a lot that we haven’t been able to do yet, and we need smart people who can solve these problems for us. Will you be one of them? The story of the Wright brothers
The Atomic Weight of Secrets or The Arrival of the Mysterious Men in Black: The Young Inventors Guild, Book One    by Eden Unger Bowditch
Price: $5.99 USD. 87820 words. Published by Bancroft Press on January 22, 2013. .

In 1903, five truly brilliant young inventors, the children of the world's most important scientists, are taken from their lives and their parents by the mysterious men in black and left at an isolated farmhouse in Dayton, Ohio. Who are the men in black? Are the men in black trying to kidnap them--or protect them? And if they're trying to protect them--from what?
A History of Sea-Air Aviation: Wings Over The Ocean - Chronicling the History of Sea-Air Flight Operations, Early Aviation History, World War II Naval Aviation, Chanute, Curtiss, Lindbergh    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 111070 words. Published on February 1, 2013. .

This is a unique view of the history of naval aviation, starting with early aviation, up to the late 1970s.