Barons of the sea : and their race to build the world's fastest clipper ship / Steven Ujifusa.

"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 importing luxury goods from China. It was a secretive, glamorous, often brutal business--one where teas and silks and porcelain were purchas...

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Main Author: Ujifusa, Steven (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2018]
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: the patriarch
  • The Canton Silver Cup
  • Breaking into the family
  • Opium hostages
  • Yankees in Gotham
  • Mazeppa and the problem child
  • Captain Nat
  • Family pressure under sail
  • Memnon: Delano's California bet
  • Enter Donald McKay
  • Grinnell grabs the Flying Cloud
  • At the starting line
  • Around the world
  • Frightful to look aloft: Sovereign of the Seas
  • Great Republic
  • Hill and river
  • Surprise and danger
  • Glory of the Seas
  • Keeping it in the family.