A man and his ship
Subtitle: America's greatest naval architect and his quest to build the S.S. United States
By: Steven Ujifusa
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781451645071; 9781451645088
Subjects: Ocean liners; Gibbs & Cox; United States (Steamship); Naval architects; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: The way it was; title: Book I: The man and the vision; title: The ideal ship; title: Size, speed, and luxury; title: The boy who loved ships; title: Escaping the rich boys; title: Mauretania; title: J.P. Morgan's Titanic; title: Pipe dreamers at work; title: Prizes of war; title: A giant lives again; title: The parvenu; title: Mrs. William Francis Gibbs; title: Malolo; title: A German sea monster; title: Death by fire; title: FDR's new navy; title: The Queen and the America; title: A full measure of toil; title: Liberty ships; title: War profiteer, war hero; title: Book two: Building the dream; title: A very pleasing appearance; title: Primacy on the seas; title: Revolt of the admirals; title: Stop and go; title: American moderne; title: Turn her up; title: Crewing up the big ship; title: Truman on the attack; title: The new sea queen arrives; title: A very fast lady; title: Masters of victory; title: His fair lady; title: Bess and Harry on board; title: Trouble ashore; title: The unions; title: No time to say good-bye; title: The last salute; title: Secrets told; title: Epilogue.