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The Great Lakes create a vast transportation network that supports a massive shipping industry. In this volume, seamanship, cargo, competition, cooperation, technology, engineering, business, unions, government decisions, and international agreements all come together to create a story of unrivaled interest about the Great Lakes ships and the crews that sailed them in the 20th century.
This complex and multifaceted tale begins in iron and coal mines, with the movement of the raw ingredients of industrial America across docks into ever larger ships using increasingly complicated tools and technology. The shipping industry was an expensive challenge, as it required huge investments of capital, caused bitter labor disputes, and needed direct government intervention to literally remake the lakes to accommodate the ships. It also demanded one of the most integrated international systems of regulation and navigation in the world to sail a ship from Duluth to upstate New York.
Sailing into History describes the fascinating history of a century of achievements and setbacks, unimagined change mixed with surprising stability.
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Another masterful job by Mark Thompson
- De Dave T. en 07-05-23
De: Mark L. Thompson
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Graveyard of the Lakes
- Great Lakes Books Series
- De: Mark L. Thompson
- Narrado por: Scott MacDonald
- Duración: 15 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 30
In Graveyard of the Lakes, Thompson suggests that most of the accidents and deaths on the lakes have been the result of human error, ranging from simple mistakes to gross incompetence. In addition to his compelling analysis of the causes of shipwrecks, Thompson includes factual accounts of more than 100 wrecks. Graveyard of the Lakes will forever change the listener's perspective on shipwrecks.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Graveyard of the Lakes
- De Bernard Slicker en 02-11-18
De: Mark L. Thompson
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A Man and His Ship
- America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States
- De: Steven Ujifusa
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 13 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 42
At the peak of his power, in the 1940s and 1950s, William Francis Gibbs was considered America's best naval architect. His quest to build the finest, fastest, most beautiful ocean liner of his time, the S.S. United States, was a topic of national fascination. When completed in 1952, the ship was hailed as a technological masterpiece at a time when "made in America" meant the best.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful
- De Lenny en 03-06-25
De: Steven Ujifusa
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The Dawn of Innovation
- The First American Industrial Revolution
- De: Charles R. Morris
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 12 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 76
In the 30 years after the Civil War, the United States blew by Great Britain to become the greatest economic power in world history. That is a well-known period in history, when titans like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J. P. Morgan walked the earth. But as Charles R. Morris shows us, the platform for that spectacular growth spurt was built in the first half of the century. By the 1820s, America was already the world's most productive manufacturer and the most intensely commercialized society in history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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How our industries started
- De Jean en 02-22-13
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Brilliant Beacons
- A History of the American Lighthouse
- De: Eric Jay Dolin
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 14 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Set against the backdrop of an expanding nation, Brilliant Beacons traces the evolution of America's lighthouse system, highlighting the political, military, and technological battles fought to illuminate the nation's hardscrabble coastlines.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book about Lighthouses
- De Anastasia en 04-25-21
De: Eric Jay Dolin
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Into the Raging Sea
- Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of the El Faro
- De: Rachel Slade
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 11 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,100
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 974
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 970
On October 1, 2015, Hurricane Joaquin barreled into the Bermuda Triangle and swallowed the container ship El Faro whole, resulting in the worst American shipping disaster in 35 years. No one could fathom how a vessel equipped with satellite communications and a sophisticated navigation system could suddenly vanish - until now. Relying on hundreds of exclusive interviews with family members and maritime experts, as well as the words of the crew members themselves - whose conversations were captured by the ship’s data recorder - journalist Rachel Slade unravels the mystery.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This Book is Tragic for More Than Just its Story
- De John A. Tucker en 10-23-19
De: Rachel Slade
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Under Pressure
- The Final Voyage of Submarine S-Five
- De: A.J. Hill
- Narrado por: Michael Butler Murray
- Duración: 7 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 47
On Monday, August 30, 1920, the S-Five, the newest member of the U.S. Navy's fleet of submarines, departs Boston on her first cruise. Two days later, as part of a routine test of the submarine's ability to crash dive, her crew's failure to close a faulty valve sends 75 tons of seawater blasting in. Before the valve can be jury-rigged shut, the S-Five sits precariously on the ocean floor under 180 feet of water. They have little air, no water, and only the dimmest of light by which to plan their escape.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Riveting Tale -- Thumbs up if your a submarine fan
- De GH en 09-07-13
De: A.J. Hill
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Ninety Percent of Everything
- Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate
- De: Rose George
- Narrado por: Pearl Hewitt
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 194
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 173
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 173
Rose George, acclaimed chronicler of what we would rather ignore, sails from Rotterdam to Suez to Singapore on ships the length of football fields and the height of Niagara Falls; she patrols the Indian Ocean with an anti-piracy task force; she joins seafaring chaplains and investigates the harm that ships inflict on endangered whales. Sharply informative and entertaining, Ninety Percent of Everything reveals the workings and perils of an unseen world that holds the key to our economy, our environment, and our very civilization.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I was quite mislead by the title.....
- De Steve en 10-20-17
De: Rose George
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Leviathan
- The History of Whaling in America
- De: Eric Jay Dolin
- Narrado por: James Boles
- Duración: 15 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 247
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 166
Here is the epic history of the "iron men in wooden boats" who built an industrial empire through the pursuit of whales. This absorbing history demonstrates that few things can capture the sheer danger and desperation of men on the deep sea as dramatically as whaling. This sweeping social and economic history provides rich and often fantastic accounts of the men themselves, who mutinied, murdered, rioted, deserted, drank, scrimshawed, and recorded their experiences in journals and memoirs.
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4 out of 5 stars
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NOT JUST BLUBBER
- De Jesse en 08-06-07
De: Eric Jay Dolin
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The Trial of the Edmund Fitzgerald
- Eyewitness Accounts from the US Coast Guard Hearings
- De: Michael Schumacher
- Narrado por: Traber Burns
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
A documentary drawn from testimony at the Coast Guard’s official inquiry looks anew at one of the most storied, and mysterious, shipwrecks in American history. The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald is one of the most famous shipwreck stories in Great Lakes history. It is also one of maritime lore’s great mysteries, the details of its disappearance as obscure now as on that fateful November day in 1975.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Informative, but rather dry. Sometimes technical.
- De D. Frrazier en 08-21-21
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Against the Tide
- Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy
- De: Rear Adm. Dave Oliver USN - Ret.
- Narrado por: Joel Richards
- Duración: 6 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 164
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 146
Against the Tide is a leadership book that illustrates how Adm. Hyman Rickover made a unique impact on American and Navy culture. Dave Oliver is the first former nuclear submarine commander who sailed for the venerable admiral to write about Rickover's management techniques. Oliver draws upon a wealth of untold stories to show how one man changed American and Navy culture while altering the course of history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Give me a Break
- De JustBill en 03-31-20
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Collision Course
- The Classic Story of the Collision of the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm
- De: Alvin Moscow
- Narrado por: Mel Foster
- Duración: 11 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 65
One of the largest, fastest, and most beautiful ships in the world, the Andrea Doria was en route to New York from Italy. Departing from the United States was the much smaller Stockholm. On the foggy night of July 25, 1956, 53 miles southeast of Nantucket, the Stockholm sliced through the Doria's steel hull. Within minutes, the sea was pouring into the Italian liner. Eleven hours later, she capsized and sank into the ocean.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thorough Account of the Tragedy
- De Admiralu en 10-22-21
De: Alvin Moscow
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Barons of the Sea
- De: Steven Ujifusa
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 12 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 123
When the United States was young, importing luxury goods from China 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. 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.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Lost at sea
- De Steve en 07-24-18
De: Steven Ujifusa
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The Death of the USS Thresher
- The Story Behind History's Deadliest Submarine Disaster
- De: Norman Polmar
- Narrado por: Sean Crisden
- Duración: 5 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 201
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 182
When she first went to sea in April of 1961, the US nuclear submarine Thresher was the most advanced submarine at sea, built specifically to hunt and kill Soviet submarines. In The Death of the USS Thresher, renowned naval and intelligence consultant Norman Polmar recounts the dramatic circumstances surrounding her implosion, which killed all 129 men onboard in history's first loss of a nuclear submarine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I REMEMBER THESE HEROES
- De JustBill en 03-31-20
De: Norman Polmar
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Titanic's Last Secrets
- The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler
- De: John Chatterton, Richie Kohler, Brad Matsen
- Narrado por: Henry Leyva
- Duración: 6 h y 5 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 155
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 94
Why did Titanic sink as quickly as it did? Two of the greatest wreck divers in the world, the heroes of Shadow Divers, solve the mystery of history's greatest wreck. Titanic's Last Secrets peers into the lives of scientists, financiers, adventurers, and industrialists to bring listeners a thrilling and revelatory work of history and contemporary adventure.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not much diving but interesting story
- De Jonas en 10-17-08
De: John Chatterton, y otros
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China Clipper: The Age of the Great Flying Boats
- De: Robert Gandt
- Narrado por: Thomas Block
- Duración: 7 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 89
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 88
When the China Clipper shattered aviation records on its maiden six-day flight from California to the Orient in 1935, the flying boat became an instant celebrity. This lively history by Robert Gandt traces the development of the great flying boats as both a triumph of technology and a stirring human drama. He examines the political, military, and economic forces that drove its development and explains the aeronautical advances that made the aircraft possible.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Never been this disappointed
- De doug reiter en 08-09-21
De: Robert Gandt
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Atlantic
- Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms,and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
- De: Simon Winchester
- Narrado por: Simon Winchester
- Duración: 14 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 757
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 568
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 567
Atlantic is a biography of a tremendous space that has been central to the ambitions of explorers, scientists, and warriors, and continues profoundly to affect our character, attitudes, and dreams. Spanning the ocean's story, from its geological origins to the age of exploration, from World War II battles to today's struggles with pollution and overfishing, Winchester's narrative is epic, intimate, and awe inspiring.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Starts Better Than it Finishes
- De Ray en 12-18-10
De: Simon Winchester
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Admiral Hyman Rickover
- Engineer of Power (The Jewish Lives Series)
- De: Marc Wortman
- Narrado por: Paul Bellantoni
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 48
Admiral Hyman George Rickover (1899-1986) remains an almost mythical figure in the United States Navy. A brilliant engineer with a ferocious will and combative personality, he oversaw the invention of the world’s first practical nuclear power reactor. In this exciting biography, historian Marc Wortman explores the constant conflict Rickover faced and provoked, tracing how he revolutionized the navy and Cold War strategy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Rickover - No Compromises
- De Brustar en 07-18-22
De: Marc Wortman