TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,Giles T.
TI  - Ships that sail no more: marine transportation from San Diego to Puget Sound, 1910-1940 
SN  - 9780813162256
AV  - HE751 .S557 1966
PY  - 1966///
CY  - Lexington
PB  - University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Coastwise shipping
KW  - Pacific Coast (U.S.)
KW  - Shipping
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Preface; Contents; ONE: The Beginning of an Era; TWO: The Admiral Line Becomes Supreme; THREE: World War I and Coastwise Shipping, 1917-1920; FOUR: The Strike and After, 1921-1924; FIVE: The Postwar Decade: Three Problems; SIX: The Crest of Prosperity, 1925-1929; SEVEN: Passenger Travel; EIGHT: The Last Struggle, 1930-1936; NINE: The Passing of an Era; Appendix; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; 2; b
N2  - This chronicle of coastal shipping in the western United States forms an important but hitherto neglected part of the history of transportation in America. From the beginning the seaways were a vital link among the developing West Coast settlements, and even after the completion of a north-south rail line sturdy steamers continued to serve as the major carriers of freight and passengers along the Pacific Coast and as the chief economic and cultural contact of this region with the rest of America. Here, Giles T. Brown surveys this transportation system at the height of its activity and in parti
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