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Ujifusa, Steven.
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Clipper ships -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Merchant marine -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Shipping -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Ujifusa, Steven.
Clipper ships -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Merchant marine -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Shipping -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
MARC Display
Barons
of the
sea
: and
their
race
to
build
the
world
's
fastest
clipper
ship
/ Steven Ujifusa.
by
Ujifusa, Steven.
Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Call #:
387.54 U33b
Subjects
Clipper
ships -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Merchant marine -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Shipping -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9781476745978
1476745978
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Description:
xiv, 427 p., 8 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. (some color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-400) and index.
Contents:
Prologue: the patriarch -- The Canton Silver Cup -- Breaking into the family -- Opium hostages -- Yankees in Gotham -- Mazeppa and the problem child -- Captain Nat -- Family pressure under sail -- Memnon: Delano'
s
California bet -- Enter Donald McKay -- Grinnell grabs the Flying Cloud -- At the starting line -- Around the
world
-- Frightful to look aloft: Sovereign of the Seas -- Great Republic -- Hill and river -- Surprise and danger -- Glory of the Seas -- Keeping it in the family.
Summary:
"There was a time, back when the United States was young and the robber
barons
were just starting to come into
their
own, when fortunes were made and lost importing luxury goods from China. It was a secretive, glamorous, often brutal business--one where teas and silks and porcelain were purchased with profits from the opium trade. But the journey by
sea
back home to New York could take six agonizing months, and so the most pressing technological challenge of the day became ensuring one'
s
goods arrived first to market, so they might fetch the highest price--making
their
sellers some of the first millionaires.
Barons
of the
Sea
tells the story of a handful of cutthroat competitors who raced to
build
the
fastest
, finest, most profitable
clipper
ships to carry
their
precious cargo to American shores. They were visionary, eccentric shipbuilders, debonair captains, and socially ambitious merchants with names like Forbes and Delano--men whose business interests took them from the cloistered confines of China'
s
expatriate communities to the sin-city decadence of Gold Rush-era San Francisco and from the teeming hubbub of East Boston's shipyards and to the lavish sitting rooms of New Yorks Hudson Valley estates. Elegantly written and meticulously researched,
Barons
of the
Sea
is a riveting tale of innovation and ingenuity that draws back the curtain on the making of some of the nation'
s
greatest fortunes, and the rise and fall of an all-American industry as sordid as it was genteel"--Dust jacket.
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