The Docks

by Bill Sharpsteen

Book Overview

The Docks is an eye-opening journey into a giant madhouse of activity that few outsiders ever see: the Port of Los Angeles. In a book woven throughout with riveting novelist detail and illustrated with photographs that capture the frenetic energy of the place, Bill Sharpsteen tells the story of the people who have made this port, the largest in the country, one of the nation's most vital economic enterprises. Among others, we meet a pilot who...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520271351
• ISBN13: 9780520271357
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 8.6"