BooksByRonZiel

REVIEWS

"...Ziel doesn't shy from controversy. The photographs and art that illustrate the volume are its primary strength, complementing well the prose thick with detail...For Rond Ziel, history is a dynamic pursuit and not a rehashing of dead material." - Bangor Daily News (Maine)

"I was well aware of Mr. Ziel as a noted railroad historian/author and was both surprised and delighted when he came to our office. He has proven to be as meticulous in his naval history research as he has been in his railroad work." - E.C. Finney, Jr., Museum Specialist, U.S. Naval Historical Center

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"It is truly impressive...right in suggesting it is the unobserved war. My congratulations.: - William F. Bukley, Jr., National Review

"Congratulations for your achievement...research and discussion of the beginnings of America's involvement in teh Phillipines is particularly intriguing. President Fidel V. Ramos will find your work to be most informative as well as entertaining". - Philippine ambassador to the United Nations (The ambassador personally presented the book to President Ramos)

"Ziel is doubtless correct in seeing this war as a turning point in world history...helps recapture the color, drama and immediacy of this action-packed but frief war:. - John A. Gable, Executive Director, Theodore Roosevelt Association

Up until now, this reviewer believed that the last word in pictorial history of the Spanish-American War was Frank Friedel's acclaimed work, The Splendid Little War, published more than thirty years ago. That was until I read Ron Ziel's new book. Here is a competent history of the war, with hundreds of photographs, illustrations, and drawings, both in color and monochrome, many seen in print for the first time, presented in an elegantly printed and bound edition.

Mr. Ziel is certainly no newcomer to the study and writing of history. He has written 15 books on the subject, concentrating primarily on the history of railroads. However, this is a new direction for him, and I must say that he has pursued it to a high degree of excellence.

Mr. Ziel's coverage of the various aspects and the progress of the war itself are most thoroughly documented with illustration sof participants, ordnance, locations, and related aspects. All are fully identified, often with coment. The author's style of writing is most easy to digest, using the narrative form, but including numerous anecdotes. The personalization of the participants at all levels lends a human aspect to the activities and cannot but heighten the interest of the reader. Much biographical information about the major figures is included. The complexities of military and naval strategy are simplified and easily digestible. This is not a book written primarily for historians, but would be enjoyable and fully understandable to any interested reader. - Michael L. Manson, Ed.D., in the Theodore Roosevel Association Journal

STEAM BENEATH THE RED STAR was so well received that the publishers are pleased to announce a one-third reduction -- from $59.95 to just $39.95 Plus shipping and handling (NY add sales tax)

"Well-acquainted with Russia and its satellite states, thanks to their daring forays ... in search of thousands of steam locomotives. Aughors Ziel and Huxtable were among the most active of the 'steam spies'. The text...and the extended photo captions make for entertaining, informative reading. Most interesting are the anecdotes recounting the authors' and others' brushes with the authorities." TRAINS

MAINLINE STEAM REVIVAL - Within a decade after the mainline railroads of the United States and Canada had replaced teh last of their steam locomotives with diesel power in 1960, virtually the only working iron horses were employed by short tourists railways. $39.95 Plus shipping and handling (NY add sales tax)

* Hardcover, with full-color dust jacket
* 208 pages printed on finest coated stock with 34 color and 277 black-and-white photographs taken by the author and other renowned railway historians
* Featuring all mainline steam operations in the United States and Canada, 1960-1990
* Steam power of 44 major railroads in action.

* 324-pages
*Hard-cover
* Full-color dust jacket
*550 Photos, plus maps, roster, etc.
* New Index

$59.95 Plus shipping and handling (NY State add sales tax)

The complete story of the L.I.R.R. from its 1834 charter to government ownership, 132 years later. After thirty-five years, STEEL RAILS TO THE SUNRISE is still the standard in railway history. Includes large chapters on steamboats, the Pennsylvania Raolroad ownership and much more.

VICTORIAN RAILROAD STATIONS OF LONG ISLAND - $34.95 Plus shipping and handling (NYS residents at sales tax)

* Hard-cover, full-cover dust jacket
* Coated stock
* 176 Pages (15 color, 415 black-and-white photos)

Covers, in detail, the fascinating array of depot buildings that have served L.I.R.R. passengers over the past 150 years.

The Long Island Rail Road, 165 years old, boats a rich heritage of thousands of early photographs, dating back as far as 1865.

* 160 pages, hardcover
* 227 Fine Photographs
* Informative captions
* Top quality printing

Hardcover edition just $34.95 (original soft-cover still available $14.95 Plus shipping and handling (NYS add sales tax)