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100 1 $aUjifusa, Steven.
245 12 $aA man and his ship :$bAmerica's greatest naval architect and his quest to build the S.S. United States /$cSteven Ujifusa.
250 $a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2012.
300 $ax, 437 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPreface: The way it was -- Book I: The man and the vision -- Size, luxury and speed -- Escaping the rich boys -- Mauretania -- J.P. Morgan's Titanic -- Pipe dreamers at work -- Prizes of war -- A giant lives again -- The parvenu -- Mrs. William Francis Gibbs -- Malolo -- A German sea monster -- Death by fire -- FDR's new Navy -- The Queen and the America -- A full measure of toil -- Book II: Building the dream -- A very pleasing appearance -- Primacy on the seas -- The might sweet baby rises -- American moderne -- Turn her up -- Crewing up the big ship -- Truman on the attack -- The new sea queen arrives -- A very fast lady -- Masters of victory -- The Halcyon years -- Trouble ashore -- No time to say good-bye -- Secrets told -- Epilogue.
520 1 $aExamines the life and career of William Francis Gibbs (1886-1967), the Philadelphia native whose lifelong ambition was to build the biggest, fastest, safest liner ever.
600 10 $aGibbs, William F.$q(William Francis),$d1886-1967.
650 0 $aNaval architects$zUnited States$vBiography.
610 20 $aGibbs & Cox$xHistory$y20th century.
610 20 $aUnited States (Steamship)
650 0 $aOcean liners$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
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