Joe Pappalardo

Joe Pappalardo’s Followers (54)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Joe Pappalardo


Born
The United States
Website

Twitter

Genre


JOE PAPPALARDO is the author of the critically acclaimed books Inferno: The True Story of a B 17 Gunner’s Heroism and the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History, Sunflowers: The Secret History and Spaceport Earth: The Reinvention of Spaceflight . Pappalardo is a freelance journalist and former associate editor of Air & Space Smithsonian magazine, a writing contributor to National Geographic magazine, a contributor to Texas Monthly, and a former senior editor and current contributor to Popular Mechanics. He has appeared on C-Span, CNN, Fox News and television shows on the Science Channel and the History Channel.

Average rating: 3.51 · 712 ratings · 164 reviews · 22 distinct worksSimilar authors
Inferno: The True Story of ...

3.65 avg rating — 277 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Red Sky Morning: The Epic T...

3.28 avg rating — 179 ratings7 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Spaceport Earth: The Reinve...

3.46 avg rating — 110 ratings9 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Four Against the West: The ...

3.72 avg rating — 82 ratings3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Sunflowers

3.37 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Boomtown: The True Story of...

3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings5 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Struck

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013
Rate this book
Clear rating
Four Against the West: The ...

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Rate this book
Clear rating
Inferno

by
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
New technologies target ter...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Joe Pappalardo…
Quotes by Joe Pappalardo  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“with a circular window between his feet. He points the twin .50s down and away from any fellow bombers and puts his hands on the grips, thumbs on the buttons that trigger the machine guns. Two cans”
Joe Pappalardo, Inferno: The True Story of a B-17 Gunner's Heroism and the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History

“In any portion of the state, when laws relating to public lands are defied and set at naught, our first duty is to re-examine the laws, with the view of ascertaining what defects, if any, have produced this condition of society and, upon discovery of any defect, to apply a remedy,”
Joe Pappalardo, Red Sky Morning: The Epic True Story of Texas Ranger Company F

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
Edelweiss & Netga...: This topic has been closed to new comments. 2022 Reviews 767 63 Jan 02, 2023 06:59AM  
NetGalley Readers: This topic has been closed to new comments. What NG Books have you just read? Any recommendations?12/2020 - June 2023 6651 1065 Jun 05, 2023 02:50PM  
THE WORLD WAR TWO...: E-Books and Others - Specials & Sales for Members Notice 2171 538 Jan 11, 2026 08:05PM  
THE WORLD WAR TWO...: New Release Books on WW2 3319 1283 Jan 20, 2026 04:24PM  


Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Joe to Goodreads.