http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress Timely, colorful, thought-provoking and concise Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:17:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/PLNKPI87HU9Z6NBD http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/PLNKPI87HU9Z6NBD#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:24:33 +0000 W. Frederick Zimmerman PLNKPI87HU9Z6NBD
I am pleased to welcome you to the Amazon detail page for

BB-67 MONTANA, U.S. Navy Battleship: Why She Matters Today BB-67 MONTANA, U.S. Navy Battleship: Why She Matters Today 

 This is one of my favorites in the ever-growing Nimble Books list. The cover looks terrific--very realistic, just as if the Navy had really built the U.S.S. Montana!  The interior of the book includes:

• pictures and information about the various design concepts that were explored
• the specifications of the final Montana design
• color pictures of a beautiful 1:700 scale model of Montana by Imre Somogyi
• a beautiful color painting of Montana by author and artist Wayne Scarpaci
• a picture of her never-built 1920's predecessor, BB-51 Montana
• an essay on "Why She Matters Today"; and
• a discussion of Senator Jon Tester's efforts to get the U.S. Navy to name a capital ship after his home state of Montana.

In short, this presents a unique package of art and text devoted exclusively to one of the most interesting hypothetical ships ever designed.

I'm very happy to see that this book is selling well.  I hope you enjoy it.

Cordially yours,

Fred Zimmerman
Publisher, Nimble Books LLC

P.S. if you are interested in reading other stuff about Montana, I recommend two major studies of U.S. battleships:

 U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman and
  Battleships: United States Battleships, 1935-1992 (Battleships) by Garzke.

Both of these books rely on archival sources to give a highly technical history of the ten or twenty different designs that were considered for Montana.  My book's different in that I tackle the issue of "why do we care about this today" head-on.  ]]>
I am pleased to welcome you to the Amazon detail page for

BB-67 MONTANA, U.S. Navy Battleship: Why She Matters Today BB-67 MONTANA, U.S. Navy Battleship: Why She Matters Today 

 This is one of my favorites in the ever-growing Nimble Books list. The cover looks terrific--very realistic, just as if the Navy had really built the U.S.S. Montana!  The interior of the book includes:

• pictures and information about the various design concepts that were explored
• the specifications of the final Montana design
• color pictures of a beautiful 1:700 scale model of Montana by Imre Somogyi
• a beautiful color painting of Montana by author and artist Wayne Scarpaci
• a picture of her never-built 1920's predecessor, BB-51 Montana
• an essay on "Why She Matters Today"; and
• a discussion of Senator Jon Tester's efforts to get the U.S. Navy to name a capital ship after his home state of Montana.

In short, this presents a unique package of art and text devoted exclusively to one of the most interesting hypothetical ships ever designed.

I'm very happy to see that this book is selling well.  I hope you enjoy it.

Cordially yours,

Fred Zimmerman
Publisher, Nimble Books LLC

P.S. if you are interested in reading other stuff about Montana, I recommend two major studies of U.S. battleships:

 U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman and
  Battleships: United States Battleships, 1935-1992 (Battleships) by Garzke.

Both of these books rely on archival sources to give a highly technical history of the ten or twenty different designs that were considered for Montana.  My book's different in that I tackle the issue of "why do we care about this today" head-on.  ]]> http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/PLNKPI87HU9Z6NBD/feed/