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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Atlantic Transport Line, 1881-1931 The Atlantic Transport Line, 1881-1931 Jonathan Kinghorn "This volume chronicles the history of the line and its absorption into J.P. Morgan's International Mercantile Marine Company. Descriptions of life on board vessels, individual histories of every ves… OL16343010W
The Advent of Steam The Advent of Steam Robert Gardiner 190 p. : 31 cm OL3073533W
The West The West Hall, James James Hall was an early writer in Cincinnati. This is both a description of commerce on western rivers at the time of writing, in the late 1840s, and background history. Topics covered in the book in… OL3720216W
California California Alexander Forbes Forbes' book was the first ever published in England relating exclusively to California. The author was one of the first Anglo-Saxons to explore the history of this, till then, unknown country. OL7138410W