A man and his ship America's greatest naval architect and his quest to build the SS United States
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Ujifusa, Steven. | |
| 245 | 1 | 2 | |a A man and his ship : |b America's greatest naval architect and his quest to build the SS United States / |c Steven Ujifusa. |
| 250 | |a 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Simon & Schuster, |c 2012. | ||
| 300 | |a x, 437 p., [32] p. of plates : |b ill. ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-414) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The 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 | |a Examines 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 | 1 | 0 | |a Gibbs, William F. |q (William Francis), |d 1886-1967. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Naval architects |z United States |v Biography. | |
| 610 | 2 | 0 | |a Gibbs & Cox |x History |y 20th century. |
| 610 | 2 | 0 | |a United States (Steamship) |
| 650 | 0 | |a Ocean liners |z United States |x History |y 20th century. | |
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