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Box Boats – How Container
Ships Changed the World, Brian J. Cudahy, 2006. The radical changes
that have occurred in the ports and to the intermodal aspects of cargo
transportation. HC, 6 x 9, 338pp. General index, vessel index.
For more information, click here.
$29.95 T16775 |
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The Box, How the Shipping
Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, Marc
Levinson, Princeton University Press, 2006. HC, 6 x 9, 375pp.
Abbreviation, Notes, Bibliography, Index.
$24.95 T1222 |
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Cajun Mariners, The Race
for Big Oil, Woody Falgoux, 2007. The old wild and wooly oilfield
boat business. HC, 6 x 9, 283pp.
$26.95 T86 |
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In Peace and War, A
History of the U.S Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, Jeffery
Cruikshank and Chloe Kline, 2008. HC, 6 x 9, 523pp.
$35.00 T7167 |
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In Peril, A Daring
Decision, A Captain’s Resolve, and the Salvage That Made History,
Skip Strong and Twain Braden, 2003. A 688 foot tanker rescues a tug and
barges, then faces nightmare court proceedings to gain salvage rights.
PB, 6 x 9, 252pp.
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information, click here.
$14.95 T2835 |
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Liberty, The Ships That
Won the War, Peter Elphick, Naval Institute Press, 2001. These
“trucks of the sea” hauled supplies to every theater of battle, making a
huge contribution to victory. PB, 5 ˝ x 8 ˝, 512pp.
$28.95 T18200 |
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Sailing on Friday, The Periolous
Voyage of America's Merchant Marine, John. A. Butler, 1997. A
carefully researched and vividly written history of the U.S. merchant
fleet from 1776 to 1997. PB, 6 x 9, 288pp, with chronology and
bibliography.
$19.95 T14587 |
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Simple Courage, Frank
Delaney. The heroic efforts to save the Liberty-class Flying
Enterpise that made Capt. Kurt Carlsen a household name. PB, 6 x 9, 300pp.
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for more information.
$14.95 T18371 |
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This Ain’t No Sh*t! The
Life of a Merchant Mariner in a Collection of Short Stories, Earl G.
“Bullet” Shepard, 2003. Short, amusing snippets of life in the tug and
barge trade. PB, 5 x 8, 498pp.
$25.95 T17914 |
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