A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States by Steven Ujifusa

A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States

Steven Ujifusa with Pete Larkin (Narrator)

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nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced

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At the peak of his power, in the 1940s and 1950s, William Francis Gibbs was considered America's best naval architect. His quest to build the finest, fastest, most beautiful ocean liner of his time, the S.S. United States, was a topic of national ...

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