Mark Lardas

Mark Lardas is the author of numerous books on aviation, maritime, naval, and Texas history. A resident of the Houston area, he has maintained a longtime interest in Ellington Field, now Ellington Airport. With generous assistance from the Lone Star Flight Museum, the Houston Airport System, the 147th Attack Wing, and individuals equally enthralled by Ellington, he has assembled a fascinating collection of images illustrating the history of the airport, from its earliest years to the present day, including plans to turn it into America's eighth spaceport.
Ebooks
US Navy Atlanta-class Light Cruisers 1940–49
Book 340
B-29 Superfortress vs Japanese Nightfighter: Japan 1944–45
Book 144
American Heavy Frigates 1794–1826
Book 79
Japan 1944–45: LeMay’s B-29 strategic bombing campaign
Book 9
Space Shuttle Launch System 1972–2004
Book 99
Warships in the Komandorski Islands 1943: The USN and IJN fight the last pure surface battle
Book 333
Battle of the Atlantic 1942–45: The climax of World War II’s greatest naval campaign
Book 21
The Port of Houston
€13.12
US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916–45: Caldwell, Wickes, and Clemson classes
Book 259
South American Battleships 1908–59: Brazil, Argentina, and Chile's great dreadnought race
Book 264
Nashville 1864: From the Tennessee to the Cumberland
Book 314
Rabaul 1943–44: Reducing Japan's great island fortress
Book 2
CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge: Cherbourg 1864
Book 40
Space Shuttle Launch System 1972–2004
Book 99
Russian Battleships and Cruisers of the Russo-Japanese War
Book 275
Rabaul 1943–44: Reducing Japan's great island fortress
Book 2
American Light and Medium Frigates 1794–1836
Book 147
Ulysses S. Grant
Book 29
Great Lakes Warships 1812–1815
Book 188
Japan 1944–45: LeMay’s B-29 strategic bombing campaign
Book 9
Battle of the Atlantic 1939–41: RAF Coastal Command's hardest fight against the U-boats
Book 15
The Glorious First of June 1794
Book 340
World War I Seaplane and Aircraft Carriers
Book 238
British Frigate vs French Frigate: 1793–1814
Book 52
US Destroyers vs German U-Boats: The Atlantic 1941–45
Book 127
US Navy Pacific Fleet 1941: America's mighty last battleship fleet
Book 7
Roughshod Through Dixie: Grierson’s Raid 1863
Book 12
British Frigate vs French Frigate: 1793–1814
Book 52
US Navy Destroyer Escorts of World War II
Book 289
Constitution vs Guerriere: Frigates during the War of 1812
Book 19
Arctic Convoys 1942: The Luftwaffe cuts Russia's lifeline
Book 32
Sunderland vs U-boat: Bay of Biscay 1943–44
Book 130
The Capture of U-505: The US Navy's controversial Enigma raid, Atlantic Ocean 1944
Book 58
Shenandoah 1864: Sheridan’s valley campaign
Book 274
Spanish Galleon vs English Galleon: 1550–1605
Book 106
American Heavy Frigates 1794–1826
Book 79
Native American Mounted Rifleman 1861–65
Vanished Houston Landmarks
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Tokyo 1944–45: The destruction of Imperial Japan's capital
Book 40
The Capture of U-505: The US Navy's controversial Enigma raid, Atlantic Ocean 1944
Book 58
Native American Mounted Rifleman 1861–65
George Washington
Book 21
USN Submarine vs IJN Aircraft Carrier: The Pacific 1942–44
Book 139
Corregidor 1945: Repossessing the Rock
Book 325
Tokyo 1944–45: The destruction of Imperial Japan's capital
Book 40
World War I Seaplane and Aircraft Carriers
Book 238
Corregidor 1945: Repossessing the Rock
Book 325
Battle of the Atlantic 1939–41: RAF Coastal Command's hardest fight against the U-boats
Book 15
The Kamikaze Campaign 1944–45: Imperial Japan's last throw of the dice
Book 29
African American Soldier in the Civil War: USCT 1862–66
USS Lawrence vs HMS Detroit: The War of 1812 on the Great Lakes
Book 79
Arctic Convoys 1942: The Luftwaffe cuts Russia's lifeline
Book 32
US Destroyers vs German U-Boats: The Atlantic 1941–45
Book 127
Battle of the Atlantic 1942–45: The climax of World War II’s greatest naval campaign
Book 21
German Heavy Cruisers vs Royal Navy Heavy Cruisers: 1939–42
Book 113
USS Lawrence vs HMS Detroit: The War of 1812 on the Great Lakes
Book 79
Truk 1944–45: The destruction of Japan's Central Pacific bastion
Book 26
Roughshod Through Dixie: Grierson’s Raid 1863
Book 12
African American Soldier in the Civil War: USCT 1862–66
Warships in the Komandorski Islands 1943: The USN and IJN fight the last pure surface battle
Book 333
Chattanooga 1863: Grant and Bragg in Central Tennessee
Book 295
US Navy Destroyer Escorts of World War II
Book 289
US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916–45: Caldwell, Wickes, and Clemson classes
Book 259
Shenandoah 1864: Sheridan’s valley campaign
Book 274
The Battleship Texas
€13.12
US Navy Pacific Fleet 1941: America's mighty last battleship fleet
Book 7
Great Lakes Warships 1812–1815
Book 188
American Light and Medium Frigates 1794–1836
Book 147
South China Sea 1945: Task Force 38's bold carrier rampage in Formosa, Luzon, and Indochina
Book 36
B-25 Mitchell vs Japanese Destroyer: Battle of the Bismarck Sea 1943
Book 116
Ulysses S. Grant
Book 29
Decatur’s Bold and Daring Act: The Philadelphia in Tripoli 1804
Book 22
USN Submarine vs IJN Aircraft Carrier: The Pacific 1942–44
Book 139
Constitution vs Guerriere: Frigates during the War of 1812
Book 19
The Kamikaze Campaign 1944–45: Imperial Japan's last throw of the dice
Book 29
Tsushima 1905: Death of a Russian Fleet
Book 330
Nashville 1864: From the Tennessee to the Cumberland
Book 314
Ships of the American Revolutionary Navy
Book 161
South China Sea 1945: Task Force 38's bold carrier rampage in Formosa, Luzon, and Indochina
Book 36
CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge: Cherbourg 1864
Book 40
South American Battleships 1908–59: Brazil, Argentina, and Chile's great dreadnought race
Book 264
Ships of the American Revolutionary Navy
Book 161
Truk 1944–45: The destruction of Japan's Central Pacific bastion
Book 26
George Washington
Book 21
Sunderland vs U-boat: Bay of Biscay 1943–44
Book 130
Russian Battleships and Cruisers of the Russo-Japanese War
Book 275
German Heavy Cruisers vs Royal Navy Heavy Cruisers: 1939–42
Book 113
Texas Shipwrecks
€13.12
Chattanooga 1863: Grant and Bragg in Central Tennessee
Book 295
The Glorious First of June 1794
Book 340
The Vanished Texas Coast: Lost Port Towns, Mysterious Shipwrecks and Other True Tales
€13.12
Tsushima 1905: Death of a Russian Fleet
Book 330
Spanish Galleon vs English Galleon: 1550–1605
Book 106
Decatur’s Bold and Daring Act: The Philadelphia in Tripoli 1804
Book 22
B-25 Mitchell vs Japanese Destroyer: Battle of the Bismarck Sea 1943
Book 116