Jim Rearden
Jim Rearden is a prolific writer with six books and more than 500 newspaper and magazine articles to his credit. At age 17, he enlisted the destroyer escort Lovering in the Pacific during World War II. After the war he moved to Alaska to teach wildlife management at the University of Alaska. In 1968 he became outdoors editor for Alaska magazine, a position he held until retiring in 1988. Cracking the Zero Mystery combines Rearden's long-time interests in World War II history and in Alaska. The...See more
Jim Rearden is a prolific writer with six books and more than 500 newspaper and magazine articles to his credit. At age 17, he enlisted the destroyer escort Lovering in the Pacific during World War II. After the war he moved to Alaska to teach wildlife management at the University of Alaska. In 1968 he became outdoors editor for Alaska magazine, a position he held until retiring in 1988. Cracking the Zero Mystery combines Rearden's long-time interests in World War II history and in Alaska. The book is the product of arduous research, including extensive correspondence and probing interviews with veterans on both sides of the conflict. Rearden also made an expedition to the crash site of Koga's Zero. See less
Jim Rearden's Featured Books
Jim Rearden book reviews
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Shadows on the Koyukuk: An Alaskan Native's Life
Classic old Alaska
by MNBryan, Jan 7, 2010
Probably my favorite Alaska story. What an unbelievable life Sidney and his family lived. It is a book you will want to try and read in one sitting and will remember the tale always. I would highly ... Read More
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Castner's Cutthroats: Saga of the Alaska Scouts
A World War Two Adventure Story
by TexasBob, Mar 27, 2009
Castner's Cutthroats, by the author's own words is a work of "faction", meaning that the story is based on true combat in the Aleutians against the Japanese invasion in 1942, but names were changed ... Read More
