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008			111202s2012 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2011049883
020			_a9781451645071 (hc : alk. paper)
020			_a9781451645088 (ebook)
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050	0	0	_aVM140.G52 _bU55 2012
082	0	0	_a623.8092 _aB _223
100	1		_aUjifusa, Steven.
245	1	2	_aA man and his ship : _bAmerica's greatest naval architect and his quest to build the S.S. United States / _cSteven Ujifusa.
250			_a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
260			_aNew York : _bSimon & Schuster, _c2012.
300			_ax, 437 p., [32] p. of plates : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPreface: 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.
600	1	0	_aGibbs, William F. _q(William Francis), _d1886-1967.
610	2	0	_aGibbs & Cox _xHistory _y20th century.
610	2	0	_aUnited States (Steamship)
650		0	_aNaval architects _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aOcean liners _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eecip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
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