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The Big Ship

The Story of the S.S. United States

By: Frank O. Braynard

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The Big Ship

The Story of the S.S. United States

By: Frank O. Braynard

The S.S. United States book is the first comprehensive work on the vessel in decades. This volume includes many rarely seen photographs from the liner's golden years to her forlorn and lonely twilight years. Follow Frank Braynard, the nation's leading maritime historian, and Robert Hudson Westover as they chronicle the life of the S.S. United States. The United States, which still holds the West-bound speed record on the North Atlantic, is the greatest ocean liner this country has ever built, and this book stands as a fitting tribute and celebration of her maiden voyage.The Big Ship: The Story of the S.S. United States is the fascinating 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. With new introductory material by the SS United States Conservancy, this classic volume includes photographs of celebrity passengers and of the majestic liner from her golden years, when she spurred the rebirth of America’s maritime glory, to her twilight years. Follow Frank Braynard, one of the great American maritime historians, 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. This book stands as a tribute of her maiden voyage, a celebration of her recent rescue efforts by the Conservancy, and an inspiration for future generations to restore the legacy of the greatest ocean liner this country has ever built.

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445

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Turner Publishing Company

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ISBN 10

1596529903

ISBN 13

9781596529908

S. S. Savannah, the Elegant Steam Ship

By: Frank O. Braynard

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S. S. Savannah, the Elegant Steam Ship

By: Frank O. Braynard

This is the story of a ship and her pioneer master, Moses Rogers, who had the idea of making the first transatlantic voyage in a steam-propelled vessel. His "laudable and meritorious experiment" marked one of the world's maritime epochs. The conception and building of the S. S. Savannah was guided by the engineering genius of Captain Rogers who, with Robert Fulton, was a leading exponent of steam in his day. The momentous voyage began in Savannah, Georgia, in 1819, and took the courageous crew to England, Sweden, and Russia. These were the elegant steam ship's times of triumph. Yet she also had moments of pathos, from the first doubts and fears of a public that dubbed her a "steam coffin" to that sad day when a Washington newspaper said her engine could be removed for only $200, leaving her "just as good" as any other ship. The previously untold story of the first steam-powered vessel to cross the Atlantic is written in a scholarly, well-documented fashion, yet with the color, imagination, and humor of the men who lived it.

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290

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University of Georgia Press

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0820332151

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9780820332154

S.S. United States

By: Frank Braynard,Robert Hudson Westover

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S.S. United States

By: Frank Braynard,Robert Hudson Westover

Originally published: The big ship: the story of the S.S. United States. Newport News, Va.: Mariners' Museum, 1981.

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188

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Turner Publishing Company

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ISBN 10

1563118246

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9781563118241

Picture History of the Cunard Line, 1840-1990

By: Frank Osborn Braynard,William H. Miller

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Picture History of the Cunard Line, 1840-1990

By: Frank Osborn Braynard,William H. Miller

Photographs, prints, and text portray Cunard ships, inside and out, from the earliest steamships, through the great liners of the earlier twentieth century, to modern cruise ships

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151

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Courier Corporation

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0486265501

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9780486265506

My Life and Loves Illustrated by Frank Harris

By: Frank Harris

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My Life and Loves Illustrated by Frank Harris

By: Frank Harris

My Life and Loves is the autobiography of the Ireland-born, naturalized-American writer and editor Frank Harris (1856-1931). As published privately by Harris between 1922 and 1927, and by Jack Kahane's Obelisk Press in 1931, the work consisted of four volumes, illustrated with many drawings and photographs of nude women. The book gives a graphic account of Harris's sexual adventures and relates gossip about the sexual activities of celebrities of his day.

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Independently Published

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9798463462961

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The Big Ship

The Big Ship

S. S. Savannah, the Elegant Steam Ship

S. S. Savannah, the Elegant Steam Ship

S.S. United States

S.S. United States

Picture History of the Cunard Line, 1840-1990

Picture History of the Cunard Line, 1840-1990

My Life and Loves Illustrated by Frank Harris

My Life and Loves Illustrated by Frank Harris

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