This book presents the largely unknown early history (1870-1900) of the American Steamship Company--an extremely colorful and eventful time replete with disasters and triumphs.
The story of the development of the American Merchant Marine remains one of the most glorious chapters in the early history of the United States. Up until the Civil War the American sailing ships carried the Stars and Stripes around the world with honor to the nation and profit to their owners. The war and the concurrent change from sail to steam brought disaster to American shipping. By 1870 there were no American passenger liners on the North Atlantic, a sad blow to national pride. The American Steamship Line, born in 1873 as a necessary response to the failings of the American Merchant Marine during the Civil War, quickly became the only American transatlantic line competing with Europe. Begun in part as an investment by the Pennsylvania Railroad, it operated out of Philadelphia and eventually reinstated America's position as a competitive and prestigious force in transatlantic crossings.
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William Flayhart is professor of history, political science, and philosophy at Delaware State University, and is the author of, among other books, The American Line, QE2, and Majesty at Sea with John H. Shaum Jr. He lives in Dover, Delaware.
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The development of truly large industrial and transportation enterprises on the American economic scene occurred in the period immediately following the American Civil War (1861-65). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
maiden sailing, steerage rates, express liners, shipping trust, eastbound crossing, new tonnage, merchant cruiser, compound engines, saloon deck, steamship company, steerage passengers, immigrant trade, mail subsidy, new liners, marine architecture, house flag, clipper bow, transatlantic service, subsidy bill, expansion engines, sailing schedule, main saloon, mail contract, cabin passengers, steamship line Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, International Navigation Company, United States, North Atlantic, White Star, American Steamship Company, Cramp Shipyard, City of Paris, Peter Wright, International Mercantile Marine, Clement Acton Griscom, Captain Watkins, Spanish-American War, Atlantic Transport, North German Lloyd, Lord Inverclyde, Captain Jamison, Charles Cramp, Lord Pirrie, Civil War, Sandy Hook, William Inman, Anchor Line, City of Rome, Bruce Ismay New!
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The development of truly large industrial and transportation enterprises on the American economic scene occurred in the period immediately following the American Civil War (1861-65). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
maiden sailing, steerage rates, express liners, shipping trust, eastbound crossing, new tonnage, merchant cruiser, compound engines, saloon deck, steamship company, steerage passengers, immigrant trade, mail subsidy, new liners, marine architecture, house flag, clipper bow, transatlantic service, subsidy bill, expansion engines, sailing schedule, main saloon, mail contract, cabin passengers, steamship line Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, International Navigation Company, United States, North Atlantic, White Star, American Steamship Company, Cramp Shipyard, City of Paris, Peter Wright, International Mercantile Marine, Clement Acton Griscom, Captain Watkins, Spanish-American War, Atlantic Transport, North German Lloyd, Lord Inverclyde, Captain Jamison, Charles Cramp, Lord Pirrie, Civil War, Sandy Hook, William Inman, Anchor Line, City of Rome, Bruce Ismay New!
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- Perils of the Atlantic: Steamship Disasters, 1850 to the Present by William H. Flayhart on 6 pages
- Disaster at Sea: Shipwrecks, Storms, and Collisions on the Atlantic by William H. Flayhart on 6 pages
- A Historical Guide to Edith Wharton (Historical Guides to American Authors) by Carol J. Singley on page 177
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