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- Book Title
- Barons of the Sea : and Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship
- Publication Name
- Barons of the Sea
- Title
- Barons of the Sea
- Subtitle
- And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1476745986
- EAN
- 9781476745985
- ISBN
- 9781476745985
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Genre
- Transportation, Business & Economics, History
- Topic
- United States / 19th Century, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Ships & Shipbuilding / General, Industries / Transportation
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 16.8 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Number of Pages
- 448 Pages
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"A fascinating, fast-paced history...full of remarkable characters and incredible stories" about the nineteenth-century American dynasties who battled for dominance of the tea and opium trades (Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award-winning author of In the Heart of the Sea ). 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 to New York from Canton 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. "With the verse of a natural dramatist" ( The Christian Science Monitor ), Steven Ujifusa 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 York's Hudson Valley estates. Elegantly written and meticulously researched, Barons of the Sea is a riveting tale of innovation and ingenuity that "takes the reader on a rare and intoxicating journey back in time" (Candice Millard, bestselling author of Hero of the Empire ), drawing 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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1476745986
ISBN-13
9781476745985
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17038381959
Product Key Features
Book Title
Barons of the Sea : and Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
United States / 19th Century, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Ships & Shipbuilding / General, Industries / Transportation
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Transportation, Business & Economics, History
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Vm23
Reviews
" Barons of the Sea moves as fast as a clipper ship at full sail. With a seemingly effortless command of the shared history of China and the United States in the nineteenth century, Ujifusa takes the reader on a rare and intoxicating journey back in time." -- Candice Millard, bestselling author of Hero of the Empire, " Barons of the Sea has the... narrative ease of a novel. Occasionally funny and always richly detailed, this book paints a comprehensive portrait of an American era all but forgotten in the days of next-day delivery." -- Sail Magazine, "Brilliantly chronicled.... A vivid account of larger-than-life if not always attractive characters and a technological marvel that briefly captivated the Victorian world." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review), "Historian Samuel Eliot Morison called them 'the noblest of all sailing vessels, and the most beautiful creations of man in America.' But to that select group of merchants and shipmasters who employed the clipper ships in the China trade, they were also the source of vast profits -- and sometimes catastrophic losses. In this deeply researched and boldly drawn account of the rise and fall of the clipper ship, Steven Ujifusa sheds dramatic new light on the lives, aspirations, and moral dilemmas of those daring Americans who traded with China in the opening decades of the nineteenth century." -- Llewellyn Howland III, author of No Ordinary Being: W. Starling Burgess, Inventor, Naval Architect, Aviation Pioneer, and Master of American Design, "Chronicles an age of technological innovation, sharp competition, and the rise of new fortunes." -- Harvard Magazine, " Barons of the Sea is a riveting, raucous book. If you love the sea, it's all here: dreams, money, ambition, and competition." -- Jay Winik, bestselling author of April 1865, "This crisply told story of the race to build the fastest ship in the world reads like a thriller, reminiscent of the best of Nathanial Philbrick's sea writing. It carries the reader along like a precious cargo on the high seas. I simply could not put it down." -- Admiral James Stavridis, Chairman of the US Naval Institute and former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, "As learned as it is entertaining. Ujifusa has brought the golden age of American maritime commerce to vivid life. Extraordinary people and the wondrous clipper ships they built fill its pages with both great stories and deep insight into what makes humans of any age tick." -- John Steele Gordon, author of An Empire of Wealth, "By casting new light on major players, Steven Ujifusa has illuminated a long-overlooked facet of the clipper era." -- W.H. Bunting, author of Live Yankees: The Sewalls and Their Ships and Sea Struck, "Among the pleasures of Barons of the Sea is the author's extensive knowledge of ship design and nautical history; the book is almost a beginner's manual in sailing and is infused by a clear love for the regal triple-masters of the past.... The ships themselves, rather than the owners and captains, become the main characters." -- The Wall Street Journal, "Fast-paced and entrancing... recounting freak storms, improbable romances, and mutinies on the high seas.... Ujifusa tells these stories with the verve of a natural dramatist.... Masterfully done." -- The Christian Science Monitor, "Barons of the Sea captures both the majesty of clipper ships and the heart of the bold men who wanted to see them go faster and carry more. This story of ambition, innovation, and technology in the age of swift-sailing merchant ships will keep you enthralled." -- Dean King, bestselling author of Skeletons on the Zahara, "Ujifusa reconstructs the lavish social milieu of Yankee shipping magnates in this account of how clipper ships unlocked a new world of risk and riches in the mid-19th century.... This tale of industry will appeal to seafaring and commerce enthusiasts." -- Publishers Weekly, "Full of remarkable characters and incredible stories, Steven Ujifusa's Barons of the Sea is a fascinating, fast-paced history of America's clipper ship era. Highly recommended." -- Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award-winning author of In the Heart of the Sea
Copyright Date
2019
Dewey Decimal
387.5/4092273
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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