Tell America TV was pleased to provide archived webcast coverage of a book launching party to celebrate the publication of two new books which chronicle the compelling story of America's maritime industry and merchant marine, and the important role of the United States Merchant Marine Academy and its graduates in that saga.
Addresses were made by:
The Honorable Sean Connaughton
Maritime Administrator, US Department of Transportation
Vice Admiral Joseph Stewart, USMS
Superintendent of USMMA
Dr. Alex Roland, Author, "The Way of the Ship: America's Maritime
History
Reenvisioned, 1600-2000"
Mr. Jeff Cruikshank, Author, "In Peace and War: A History of the
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point"
"The Way of the Ship: America's Maritime History Re-envisioned,
1600-2000"
In this engaging account of American maritime and merchant marine
history from colonial days to the present, the authors show that from 1820
on, domestic shipping on America's coasts, rivers, and lakes outweighed
shipping overseas, and that shipping drove the American economic engine and
helped shape American history. This book is essential reading for American
and naval history buffs.
"In Peace and War: A History of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy"
This definitive history Academy draws on extensive research and
interviews with alumni, faculty, staff, midshipmen, and Academy
plank-owners to document the significant role Kings Point has played in the
maritime history of the United States. Officially sanctioned, historically
significant, and conceived by the American Maritime History Project, this
book brings the history of the Academy up to date, and illuminates the role
USMMA graduates play in the maritime industry.
This event was sponsored by the United States Merchant Marine Academy
and underwritten with a generous grant from the American Maritime History
Project, a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to chronicling the
nation's great seafaring history, and the stories of the men and women who
made history happen. |
