An edition of A man and his ship (2012)

A man and his ship

America's greatest naval architect and his quest to build the S.S. United States

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A man and his ship

America's greatest naval architect and his quest to build the S.S. United States

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Simon & Schuster
Language
English

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Subjects

Ocean liners, Naval architects, United States (Steamship), Gibbs & Cox, Biography, History, Architects, biography, Naval architecture

People

William F. Gibbs (1886-1967)

Places

United States

Times

20th century
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Cover of: Man and His Ship
Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S. S. United States
2013, Simon & Schuster
in English
Cover of: A man and his ship
A man and his ship: America's greatest naval architect and his quest to build the S.S. United States
2012, Simon & Schuster
in English

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Table of Contents

Preface: The way it was
Book I: The man and the vision
The ideal ship
Size, speed, and luxury
The boy who loved ships
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
Liberty ships
War profiteer, war hero
Book two: Building the dream
A very pleasing appearance
Primacy on the seas
Revolt of the admirals
Stop and go
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
His fair lady
Bess and Harry on board
Trouble ashore
The unions
No time to say good-bye
The last salute
Secrets told
Epilogue.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
623.8092, B
Library of Congress
VM140.G52 U55 2012, VM140.G52U55 2012

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Pagination
p. cm.

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OL25132509M
ISBN 13
9781451645071, 9781451645088
LCCN
2011049883
OCLC/WorldCat
759912560
Amazon ID (ASIN)

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