Queens of the Western Ocean: The Story of America's Mail and Passenger Sailing Lines

Cutler, Carl C. Queens of the Western Ocean: The Story of America's Mail and Passenger Sailing Lines. Annapolis, Md.: United States Naval Institute, 1961.

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