Bibliography of Wake Island

Map of Wake Island 19°16′55″N 166°39′01″E / 19.28194°N 166.65028°E / 19.28194; 166.65028 (Wake Island)Coordinates: 19°16′55″N 166°39′01″E / 19.28194°N 166.65028°E / 19.28194; 166.65028 (Wake Island)[1]

This is an English language bibliography of Wake Island and its geography, history, inhabitants, culture, biota, etc.[2]

Wake Island (/ˈweɪk/; also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll having a coastline of 12 miles (19 km) in the North Pacific Ocean, located about two-thirds of the way from Honolulu 2,300 statute miles (3,700 km) west to Guam 1,510 statute miles (2,430 km) east.

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Natural history

  • Bryan, E. H. Jr. (1959). "Notes on the geography and natural history of Wake Island" (PDF). Atoll Research Bulletin. 66.
  • Daniel, Hawthorn (1943). "Wake Island". Islands of the Pacific.
  • Grothe, P.R.; et al. (2010). Digital Elevation Models of Wake Island: Procedures, Data Sources and Analysis. Boulder, Colo: National Geophysical Data Center, Marine Geology and Geophysics Division.
  • Wetmore, Alexander (1996). "Wake Island and Wake Island Rail In: Olson, Storrs L., History and Ornithological Journals of the Tanager Expedition of 1923 to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Johnston and Wake Islands" (PDF). Atoll Research Bulletin. 433: 103–115, 184. doi:10.5479/si.00775630.433.1.

Military histories

  • Cressman, Robert J. (2005). A Magnificent Fight: The Battle for Wake Island. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-140-8. [3]
  • Cunningham, Chet (2002). Hell Wouldn't Stop: An Oral History of the Battle of Wake Island. Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-1096-9. [4]
  • Cunningham, W. Scott; Lydel Sims (1961). Wake Island Command. Little, Brown. [5]
  • Devereux, James P. S. (1997). The Story of Wake Island. Battery Press. ISBN 0-89839-264-0. [6][7][8]
  • Moran, Jim (2011). Wake Island 1941; A battle to make the gods weep. Peter Dennis (illustrator). Osprey Campaign Series #144; Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84908-603-5.
  • Urwin, Gregory J. W. (1997). Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-4555-6. [9]
  • Wukovits, John (2003). Pacific Alamo: The Battle for Wake Island. NAL Trade. ISBN 0-451-20873-0. [10]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Wake Atoll". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Sloan, Bill (2005). "Selected Bibliography". Given Up for Dead: America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island. Bantam Books. pp. 517–520. ISBN 0-553-38194-6.
  3. ↑ Bartlett, Merrill L. (January 1996). "Review". The Journal of Military History. Society for Military History. 60 (1): 181–182. JSTOR 2944476.
  4. ↑ Unwin, Gregory J. W. (Summer 2003). "Review". Pacific Affairs. Pacific Affairs, University of British Columbia. 76 (2): 331–332. JSTOR 40024439.
  5. ↑ Roskill, S. W. (Spring 1962). "Review". Pacific Affairs. Pacific Affairs, University of British Columbia. 35 (1): 68–69. JSTOR 2752716.
  6. ↑ Gleason, John H. (February 1948). "Review". Pacific Historical Review. University of California Press. 17 (1): 103–104. doi:10.2307/3634797. JSTOR 13634797.
  7. ↑ Heinl,, Robert D., Jr. (Summer 1947). "Review". Military Affairs. Society for Military History. 11 (2): 128. JSTOR 1983336.
  8. ↑ Arbolino, Jack N. (18 June 1947). "Review". Far Eastern Survey. Institute of Pacific Relations. 16 (2): 143–144. doi:10.1525/as.1947.16.12.01p0196w. JSTOR 3022483.
  9. ↑ Bartlett, Merrill L. (January 1999). "Review". The Journal of Military History. Society for Military History. 63 (1): 212–213. JSTOR 120373.
  10. ↑ Cressman, Robert J. (October 2004). "Review". The Journal of Military History. Society for Military History. 68 (4): 1286–1287. doi:10.1353/jmh.2004.0183. JSTOR 3397003.
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