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A man and his ship : America's greatest naval architect and his quest to build the S.S. United States

Examines the life and career of William Francis Gibbs (1886-1967), the Philadelphia native whose lifelong ambition was to build the biggest, fastest, safest liner ever

Print Book, English, 2012
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed
Simon & Schuster, New York, 2012