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A Man and His Ship will be released on June 04, 2013 in Trade Paperback
Jun 04, 2013
A Man and His Ship is now available in Trade Paperback
Jun 04, 2013
Aug 01, 2012
A Man and His Ship will be released on July 10, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Jul 10, 2012
A Man and His Ship is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jul 10, 2012
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Chapter 1 from A Man and His ShipJul 06, 2012
Apr 25, 2012
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A Man and His ShipIn the tradition of David McCullough, this sweeping story recounts one man’s quest to build the finest, fastest, most beautiful ocean liner in...Read More
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Vindy.com, March 31, 2013
...His Ship: America’s Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States” by Steven Ujifusa. Discussion will be about the fascinating story of building the S.S. United States ocean liner. Completed in 1952, this ship was designed...
Wharton, March 6, 2013
...are critical in turning the former into the latter. Wharton legal studies and business ethics professor speaks with Steven Ujifusa about , the story of naval architect and entrepreneur William Francis Gibbs. Ujifusa paints a vivid portrait of the man...
HamptonRoads.com, December 30, 2012
...Astaires,” Kathleen Riley “The Signal and the Noise,” Nate Silver “Connectome,” Sebastian Seung “A Man and His Ship,” Steven Ujifusa Login or register to post comments COMMENTS ADVISORY: Users are solely responsible for opinions...
Commercial Dispatch, December 28, 2012
...Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S. S. United States (Simon and Schuster) by historian Steven Ujifusa. Gibbs was a real character, an exemplary self-made man who knew in his youth that he wanted to build the grandest of ocean liners,...
Washington Times, September 6, 2012
...House, a government subsidy for a private commercial enterprise was not all that outlandish. Still, as maritime historian Steven Ujifusa tells us in this meticulously researched book, the vessel?s ?onlie begetter,? seasoned naval architect William...
Home News Tribune, September 2, 2012
...and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the SS United States By Steven Ujifusa; Simon & Schuster, 370 pp., $29.99; non-fiction An account of William Francis Gibbs, who was obsessed with building the greatest ocean...
CBS New York, August 27, 2012
...Ship: America’s Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the SS Unites States (Simon & Schuster), Steven Ujifusa presents a vibrant and compelling account of a true American original and his masterpiece. Like the story of John Roebling and the...
Individual.com, January 2, 2013
...River in Midtown Manhattan, and would have similar development features. In a Monday article on the website PlanPhilly, Steven Ujifusa, who has written a book about the SS United States, said a source at the conservancy told him "New York is the most...
HamptonRoads.com, December 30, 2012
...Astaires,” Kathleen Riley “The Signal and the Noise,” Nate Silver “Connectome,” Sebastian Seung “A Man and His Ship,” Steven Ujifusa Login or register to post comments COMMENTS ADVISORY: Users are solely responsible for opinions...
Commercial Dispatch, December 28, 2012
...Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S. S. United States (Simon and Schuster) by historian Steven Ujifusa. Gibbs was a real character, an exemplary self-made man who knew in his youth that he wanted to build the grandest of ocean liners,...
HamptonRoads.com, December 16, 2012
...His Ship: America’s Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States,” by Steven Ujifusa. The United States, built beginning in the early 1950s at Newport News Shipbuilding, was a combination superliner and naval auxiliary ship....
Investors Business Daily, November 29, 2012
...suffered due to a capital shortage. Gibbs aimed to change that. "He had unshakable faith in American know-how," Steven Ujifusa, author of the Gibbs biography "A Man and His Ship," told IBD. "He watched for many years as we were out-built in the field...
Investors Business Daily, November 29, 2012
...suffered due to a capital shortage. Gibbs aimed to change that. "He had unshakable faith in American know-how," Steven Ujifusa, author of the Gibbs biography "A Man and His Ship," told IBD. "He watched for many years as we were out-built in the field...
CBS New York, August 27, 2012
...Ship: America’s Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the SS Unites States (Simon & Schuster), Steven Ujifusa presents a vibrant and compelling account of a true American original and his masterpiece. Like the story of John Roebling and the...
