Steven Ujifusa: 2 books
Barons of the Sea
And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
“A fascinating, fast-paced history…full of remarkable characters and incredible stories” about the nineteenth-century American dynasties who battled for dominance of the tea and opium trades (Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award-winning author of In the Heart of the Sea).
There was...
A Man and His Ship
America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
THE STORY OF A GREAT AMERICAN BUILDER
At the peak of his power, in the 1940s and 1950s, William Francis Gibbs was considered America’s best naval architect.
His quest to build the finest, fastest, most beautiful ocean liner of his time, the S.S. United States, was a topic of national...