Description: Birkitts Books presents ... The Great White Fleet ISBN:0533021766 Author:Melville, John H Publisher:Vantage Press Release Date:1976 Seller Category:History Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Very Good Sku: 240812003 Notes: Jacket edges are lightly tattered, binding tight, internally clean. 275 pages, illustrated with black an white photos. This scrupulously researched and adroitly organized volume records the histories of the ships that made up the United Fruit Company's Great White Fleet. It is also a chronicle of the growth of the banana industry in the tropical regions of the Western Hemisphere, an important footnote to social history, and a compendium of short sketches dealing with adventure on the high seas. During most of the peacetime years of this century, the Great White Fleet was engaged in the banana trade, making runs between various Central American ports of call and the continental United States, and in ferrying affluent tourists in high style. During both world wars and, to an extent, during the Vietnam conflict, most of the craft in the Fleet were given over to government service, carrying men and material into combat zones. In times of war and peace, the Fleet was confronted with the eternal vagaries of nautical lifestorms, celestial phenomena, collisions, hair's-breadth rescues, and the like. Author John H. Melville documents all of the significant wartime and peacetime activities of the Fleet, while providing statistics and specifications on the craft involved. Various contributors to his account include Fleet captains and other personnel, who relate their sailing experiences with graphic immediacy. Mr. Melville's eye for telling detail and his meditations on the decline of ocean-going transport would no doubt win him the praise of another chronicler of the sea who shares his surname. Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!
Price: 59 USD
Location: Sarasota, Florida
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Publication Year: 1976
Original Language: English
Publisher: Vantage Press, Incorporated
Topic: Industries / Agribusiness, Industries / Food Industry, Ships & Shipbuilding / General
Book Title: Great White Fleet
Number of Pages: 275 Pages
Language: English
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Transportation, Business & Economics
Author: John H. Melville
Format: Hardcover
