Local Famed Historian Don A. Farrell

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. -- George Bernard Shaw

The History of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI Public School System, 1991) by Don A. Farrell. Photo taken at the Tinian Public Library.

Local Don Farrell lives a regular life on Tinian, but he really is a "rock star" in this little community and in the Commonwealth. His extensive publications on the Marianas makes him deserved of the title, "celebrated historian."

His publications include:

Farrell, Don A. “The Northern Marianas: Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory”. Glimpses of Micronesia and the Western Pacific. 1979: Volume 19: 4.

Farrell, Don A. “Spare The Bullets: Save our People”. Glimpses of Micronesia and the Western Pacific. 1980: Volume 20: 4.

Farrell, Don A. Liberation—1944: The Pictorial History of Guam. Micronesian Productions, 1984.

Farrell, Don A. The Americanization of Guam: 1898-1918. Micronesian Productions, 1986.

Farrell, Don A. “A Marriage Made in Micronesia”. Guam Business News: November 1988.

Farrell, Don A. Tinian: A Brief History. Micronesian Productions. 1988.

Farrell, Don A. The Sacrifice of Guam: 1919-1943. Micronesian Productions, 1991.

Farrell, Don A. The History of the Northern Mariana Islands. CNMI Public School System. 1991.

Farrell, Don A. Saipan: A Brief History. Micronesian Productions, 1992.

Farrell, Don A. “The Partition of the Marianas: A Diplomatic History, 1898-1919”. Isla: A Journal of Micronesian Studies. 2.2 Dry Season, 1994, 273-301.

Farrell, Don A. Guam: A Brief History. Micronesian Productions. 1994.

Farrell, Don A. Rota: A Brief History. Micronesian Productions. 2003.

Farrell, Don A. The Tinian Atomic Bomb Files: Declassified. (In publication)

Numerous newspaper articles in the Pacific Daily News, The Guam Tribune and the Saipan Tribune, 1981-2005.

Contact Don A. Farrell!
E-mail: farrells@pticom.com

CLICK HERE! for Don and Carmen Farrell's history of the Marianas (Saipan, Tinian, Rota, Guam)!

CLICK HERE! for an overview of the history of the Northern Mariana Islands by the NMI Council for the Humanities.