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The big ship : the story of the S.S. United States Frank O. Braynard
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks VM 383 .U5 B73 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Braynard, Frank O. (Frank Osborn), 1916-2007.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States (Steamship)--History.
- United States (Steamship).
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 304 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- [New ed.].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Turner, 2011.
- Summary:
- The Big Ship: The Story of the S.S. United States is the behind-the scenes story of one of the fastest ships in the world and one of the most luxurious passenger liners to cross the Atlantic. Follow Frank Braynard as he chronicles the life of the S.S. United States, the incredible feat of engineering that still holds the westbound speed record on the North Atlantic. --from publisher description.
- Contents:
- The beginnings
- Two world wars
- She gets her name
- From keel to launch
- An attack from the White House
- The Blue Riband
- Subsidy feud continues
- The honeymoon period
- Labor troubles begin
- More labor troubles
- More passengers than any other liner
- The end
- Supplemental history / Bill DiBenedetto.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-292) and index.
- "The classic text with new introductory material by the SS United States Conservancy"--Cover.
- ISBN:
- 9781596527645
- 1596527641
- OCLC:
- 745439004
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