Port Town: How the People of Long Beach Built, Defended, and Profited From Their Harbor
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Transportation, Ships & Shipbuilding, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | George Cunningham, Carmela Cunningham | ISBN: | 9780692468470 |
| Publisher: | Port of Long Beach | Publication: | July 24, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | George Cunningham, Carmela Cunningham |
| ISBN: | 9780692468470 |
| Publisher: | Port of Long Beach |
| Publication: | July 24, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Port Town: How the People of Long Beach Built, Defended, and Profited from Their Harbor, tells how the Port of Long Beach rose from a marshy mud flat to become an economic powerhouse, one of the greenest and most modern ports in the world. An epic tale, Port Town is filled with the true stories of the larger-than-life soldiers of fortune, land-grabbers, lovers, dreamers and builders who were inspired and bewitched by the Port of Long Beach’s mighty promise.
New edition includes biographies of members of the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners, 1925-present.
Port Town: How the People of Long Beach Built, Defended, and Profited from Their Harbor, tells how the Port of Long Beach rose from a marshy mud flat to become an economic powerhouse, one of the greenest and most modern ports in the world. An epic tale, Port Town is filled with the true stories of the larger-than-life soldiers of fortune, land-grabbers, lovers, dreamers and builders who were inspired and bewitched by the Port of Long Beach’s mighty promise.
New edition includes biographies of members of the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners, 1925-present.
