A man and his ship :
Ujifusa, Steven.
A man and his ship : America's greatest naval architect and his quest to build the S.S. United States / Steven Ujifusa. - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012. - x, 437 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: The way it was -- Book I: 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 -- Book II: Building the dream -- A very pleasing appearance -- Primacy on the seas -- The might 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 -- Epilogue.
9781451645071 (hc : alk. paper) 9781451645088 (ebook)
2011049883
Gibbs, William F. 1886-1967.
Gibbs & Cox--History--20th century.
United States (Steamship)
Naval architects--United States--Biography.
Ocean liners--History--United States--20th century.
VM140.G52 / U55 2012
623.8092 B
A man and his ship : America's greatest naval architect and his quest to build the S.S. United States / Steven Ujifusa. - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012. - x, 437 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: The way it was -- Book I: 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 -- Book II: Building the dream -- A very pleasing appearance -- Primacy on the seas -- The might 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 -- Epilogue.
9781451645071 (hc : alk. paper) 9781451645088 (ebook)
2011049883
Gibbs, William F. 1886-1967.
Gibbs & Cox--History--20th century.
United States (Steamship)
Naval architects--United States--Biography.
Ocean liners--History--United States--20th century.
VM140.G52 / U55 2012
623.8092 B