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Sea Cloud : a living legend / Kurt Grobecker and Peter Neumann ; translated by Frederick A. Bishop, Keith Hauser and Peter Neumann.

By: Grobecker, Kurt [author.].
Contributor(s): Neumann, Peter, 1949- [author.] | Bishop, Frederick A [translator.] | Hauser, Keith [translator. ].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Gloucester : Collector's Books Ltd., [1991]Copyright date: ©1991Description: 159 pages, color illustrations; 31 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0946604045 (hardback).Subject(s): Yachts | Ocean travel | Sea Cloud (Ship)DDC classification: 797.1246
Contents:
The seven lives of the Sea Cloud -- Civitavecchia: approaching a legend -- The Sea Cloud conflict: adventure versus sighseeing -- The crew: officiers, engineers, craftsmen and philosophers -- A masterpiece of the art of shipbuilding -- Majorie Merriweather Post: millionaire's daughter, heiress and millionaire's wife -- A floating palace for a dollar princess -- A model for generations:yachting yardsticks set by the Vanderbilts -- Grand ladies and their luxury playthings -- Challenge on the North Atlantic -- The 'Sweet life' under the billowing sails -- A 'new life' under a new name: deck planks become a diplomatic stage -- 'The Queen danced every dance'. Royalty as a collector's item -- The scarifice for the nation -- 'Well, dear...there's your baby' -- The 'floating funhouse' for a junior boss -- Temporary retirement for a 'Queen of the seas' -- '...We also need a pirate flag' -- The renaissance of a dream yacht -- On the Spanish main to Hamburg -- Exclusive yachting pleasure for $20,000 a day -- '...The first day of the rest of your life'.
List(s) this item appears in: Dr. Raymond Fielding Collection
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending 797.1246 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00213250
Total holds: 0

Bibliography: (page 159).

The seven lives of the Sea Cloud -- Civitavecchia: approaching a legend -- The Sea Cloud conflict: adventure versus sighseeing -- The crew: officiers, engineers, craftsmen and philosophers -- A masterpiece of the art of shipbuilding -- Majorie Merriweather Post: millionaire's daughter, heiress and millionaire's wife -- A floating palace for a dollar princess -- A model for generations:yachting yardsticks set by the Vanderbilts -- Grand ladies and their luxury playthings -- Challenge on the North Atlantic -- The 'Sweet life' under the billowing sails -- A 'new life' under a new name: deck planks become a diplomatic stage -- 'The Queen danced every dance'. Royalty as a collector's item -- The scarifice for the nation -- 'Well, dear...there's your baby' -- The 'floating funhouse' for a junior boss -- Temporary retirement for a 'Queen of the seas' -- '...We also need a pirate flag' -- The renaissance of a dream yacht -- On the Spanish main to Hamburg -- Exclusive yachting pleasure for $20,000 a day -- '...The first day of the rest of your life'.

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