Books

Item Description

This collection is comprised of 6 books that focus on various ocean liners.

1)  RMS Queen Elizabeth II of 1969

by William H. Miller & Luis Miguel Correia

A Chronological history, facts and figures and color photos of the legendary QE2.

QE2. 100pp, 9 x 61/2, 152 photos, soft cover, 1999

ISBN 972-8536-1

2)  The Merchants and Miners Line

by Edward A. Mueller

A complete and fascinating history of one of the great American coastal steamship lines. In addition to a thorough text, this volume includes many photographs and deck plans of famous Merchants and Miners vessels.

192pp, 81/2 x 11, 177 illus., 2000, hard cover

ISBN 1-930098-00-6

3)  The Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah: The Savannah Line

by Edward A. Mueller

This book tells the story of the famous Savannah Line, chartered in 1872 to carry passengers and freight between Savannah and New York. The Line flourished for 70 years and provided a major trade and travel link between Georgia and the north.

239pp, 2001, 81/2 x 11, 237 illustrations

Soft Cover: ISBN 1-930098-34-0

4)  SS Independence and SS Constitution: Great American Ocean Liners

By William H. Miller

Published in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Independence and Constitution, from their initial operation between New York and the Mediterranean to their operation in Hawaiian waters. This book tells, in great detail, the story not only of these two vessels (built in 1951), but also of American Exports other passengers vessels, the postwar Four Aces and La Guardia.

Soft Cover, 116 pp, 2000, 81/2 x 11, 122 illustrations

ISBN 1-930098-31-6

5)  Rex and Conte di Savoia

by Frank O. Braynard

These ships were two of the greatest superliners of all time, yet they had very short careers and came to pitiful endings in World War II. This book gives a full outline of their lives and details their beauty, their innovative design, and their proper place in passenger ship history.

100pp, 6 x 91/4, 193 B&W - 24 Color illus., soft cover 1994

ISBN: 1-879-180-01-10

6)  The American Line 1871-1902 by William Henry Flayhart III (autographed)

The American LIne tells the story of the first successful American steamship line after the Civial to rival the great European transatlantic companies-an important and glorius chapter in the history of the American Merchant Marine.

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