There's Something About Saipan: A visitor's guide to fantastic facts, tantalizing trivia, startling statistics, dramatic diaries & hair-raising history

Yes, there is something about Saipan that endears it to tourists, writers, historians, expats, guest workers and indigenous residents alike. But what is it exactly? Is it the Guiness Book of World Records-recognized weather? Is it the island's pivotal role in WWII history and the ushering in of the atomic age? Is it its prominence in the "real" story of Amelia Earhart's fate? Is it the warm, welcoming indigenous Chamorro and Carolinian people? Is it the ecclectic multi-ethnic mix of guest w...