Washington: Brassey's Inc. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Date: 2000. Reprint. Illustrated laminated card cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xv, 288pp. . 2000. Brassey's Inc ISBN 1574881248 9781574881240 [GB]

ISBN10: 1574881248, ISBN13: 9781574881240, [publisher: Brassey's Inc., Dulles] Softcover SUBTITLED : ` The Perilous Voyage of America's Merchant Marine '. Page 85 of this 287 page volume - INDEX at back - delves into the state of shipping in the North and the South just prior to the American Civil War. LEARN more about : Stephen Pleasonton, Cleopatra's Barge, steam packets, reciprocal blockades, Tredegar Iron Works, Seamen's Act, Elisha Dunbar, ironclads, Hampton Roads, and Sutana tragedy. A few b/w photoigraphs assist text. Cond : Paper wrapper is black with white lettering. The cover has a montage of ships including the S.S. Mongolia - circa 1917. Volume is clean, tight, and bright. A minor cover fold makes it NOT quite collectible ! ! Quote (p. 122) : " The Pacific Navigation Company exemplified the kind of management that was Furuseth's goal. and its success demonstrated the benefits to owners of fair labor practices. In 1907, the New York boars Yale and Harvard, owned by ._._._. . " Size: 8vo
[Linden, AB, Canada] [Publication Year: 2000]
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