Barons of the Sea: And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship

by Steven Ujifusa

Book Overview

"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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476745978
• ISBN13: 9781476745978
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"