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Sequoia : presidential yacht / Giles M. Kelly ; with photographs by Ann Stevens.
- Title
- Sequoia : presidential yacht / Giles M. Kelly ; with photographs by Ann Stevens.
- Author
- Kelly, Giles M., 1921-
- Publication
- Centreville, Md. : Tidewater Publishers, c2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | E176.1 .K415 2004 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Stevens, Ann (Photographer)
- Description
- xiii, 122 p. : ill. (some col.), map; 29 cm.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Pictorial works
- Illustrated works
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-119) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Foreword: America's Great Ship -- Chapter 1: A Fashionable Age of Yachting, 1923-29 -- Chapter 2: Sequoia's Presidential Predecessors, 1880-1931 -- Chapter 3: First Call to Presidential Service, 1931-35 -- Chapter 4: Secretary of the Navy's Yacht, 1936-68 -- Chapter 5: Again the President's Yacht, 1968-77 -- Chapter 6: Sequoia in the Private Sector, 1977-81 -- Chapter 7: The Presidential Yacht Trust, 1981-88 -- Chapter 8: Seeking a Course for Sequoia, 1998-2004 -- Appendix: Excerpt from Lloyd's Registration of of American Yachts (1926) showing Sequoia and Sequoia II -- Prices for Sequoia -- Author's Notes on John Trumpy's Design for Sequoia -- Sequoia's Specifications -- Plan and Profile Drawings of Sequoia -- Naval Commanders of Sequoia, 1933-77 -- Sample page from the 1935 Logbook of USS Sequoia -- Rendering Honors Passing George Washington's Tomb -- Government Designations of Sequoia, 1931-77 -- Concurrent Resolution -- Letter from William L. Ball, III, assistant to the President, concerning preservation of Sequoia.
- ISBN
- 0870335618
- LCCN
- ^^2004015205
- OCLC
- 55948126
- SCSB-10549976
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library