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Merriam Press Wind Fiction Series In the fifth installment of the misadventures of Megan Docket, Megan becomes embroiled in the investigation of a double murder. As she solves the crimes, she deals with her love life and protects an autistic boy from the killers. The previous four volumes in the Wind series are Voices in the Wind, Alone in the Wind, Cries in the Wind, and Fire in the Wind.

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Merriam Press Historical Fiction Series First Edition 2017 Ainslie Souter, a Scottish highwayman, couldn't care less whether Protestants or Catholics rule the world. He's barely escaped an English noose. Now he fights as a mercenary for the Royal House of Sweden. When things settle down at home he'll return. Hippolito Costello, a fiery Spanish priest, accompanies Catholic forces. He has no hesitation in using his Inquisition training to help h...

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Merriam Press Military Biography Series Second Edition 2017 Kneedler is a compilation of historical documents. It brings Major William Ludwig Kneedler and his family back-to-life for the reader and highlights the strong Army presence in the City of San Diego at the turn of the twentieth century. During Kneedler's Army career he crossed paths with General Arthur MacArthur (General Douglas MacArthur's father), Admiral Caspar Goodrich, President ...

Merriam Press Vietnam War Series First Edition 2017 The United States Amy was ill-prepared to engage in a major conflict in Vietnam. This was the consequence of President Lyndon Johnson deciding that the National Guard and the Reserves would not be called up to support the war effort. Army contingency planning for any major conflict was based on the call up of the National Guard and the Reserves. Not being authorized to do so increased exponen...

Merriam Press World War 2 Memoir Series First Edition 2017 The late Wallace Clement served in three wars, World War II, Korea and Vietnam. A West Point Cadet, he entered the Army as a 2nd Lt. in 1940, rising to the rank of Major in 1944, serving with the 804th Tank Destroyer Battalion in Italy where late in the war he was captured and ended the war as a POW. He served in the Korean War, as a Lt. Colonel, and in Vietnam as a Brig. General as as...

Merriam Press World War 2 Memoir Series. Seventh Edition 2017. The late George Wickersham's World War II memoir of service as a U.S. Navy chaplain with the 8th Marine Regiment training on Saipan for the invasion of Okinawa, the Okinawa campaign, and the occupation of Japan, coming ashore at Nagasaki which was still smoldering from the atom bomb, and being stationed in Kyushu. It is believed that no other Marine Corps chaplain has ever written ...

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Merriam Press Military History Series First Edition 2017 This is the story of the 148th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. It is not a history of the Civil War and seeks only to tell the story of one Regiment that was part of the Army of the Potomac, from the time it was raised in the summer of 1862, to the end of the war. The story is told by the spirit of the author's great-great-grandfather, Simeon Bathurst, who was a member ...

Merriam Press Personal Chronicle Series. First Edition 2017. A pictorial biography from the memoirs of Mary Smith Murphy, a first generation Irish-American. Mary grew up in the Bronx and raised four daughters and a son with her husband Bernard J. Murphy, also first generation Irish-American. 100 color/B&W, photos/illustrations.

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Merriam Press Korean War Series. Second Edition 2017. This book tells a story of events which occurred during a brief but momentous period in American history, involving two extraordinary men, President Harry S. Truman and General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. The story tells of their interaction during a time of grave national crisis, how they veered badly off course and ultimately collided head-on. It was a collision which both altered the ...

Merriam Press Fiction Series First Edition 2017 The fourth story in the "Wind" series finds Megan outraged by a cross burning on her land, and she forms the Night Posse and then strikes back. Meanwhile, she is saddened by the tragic illness of her dear friend, James. After her new boyfriend is killed, she is jailed for his murder. Later she fights to the death in the darkness against an avenger. An undercover cop pursues her. When a dying Jame...

Merriam Press Aviation History Series First Edition 2017 In the past decade, the role of aircraft wreck hunting as a hobby has changed more toward protecting crash sites as memorials, honoring those whom were lost, bringing closure to families, and placing memorial plaques in honor of those who were lost in these tragic accidents. For those of us who are offspring from the World War II generation, we feel an ever stronger sense of respect in h...

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