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008 111202s2012 nyuaf b 001 0beng
010 $a 2011049883
020 $a9781451645071 (hc : alk. paper)
020 $a1451645074 (hc : alk. paper)
024 $a40021155063
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn759912560
035 $a(OCoLC)759912560
035 $a(NNC)9577180
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050 00 $aVM140.G52$bU55 2012
082 00 $a623.8092$aB$223
100 1 $aUjifusa, Steven.
245 12 $aA man and his ship :$bAmerica's greatest naval architect and his quest to build the SS United States /$cSteven Ujifusa.
250 $a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2012.
300 $ax, 437 p., [32] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [371]-414) and index.
505 0 $aThe way it was -- 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 -- Building the dream. A very pleasing appearance ; Primacy on the seas ; A mighty 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.
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.
852 00 $boff,glx$hVM140.G52$iU55 2012