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Steven Ujifusa

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Steven Brooks Ujifusa is an American historian and the author of three books on maritime history.

Ujifusa majored in history as an undergraduate at Harvard University and earned a master's degree in historic preservation and real estate development from the University of Pennsylvania.[1] His first book, A Man and His Ship, won the Literary Prize for Non-Fiction from the Athenaeum of Philadelphia[2] and was named one of the top ten non-fiction books of 2012 by The Wall Street Journal.[3] In 2019, he received the Washington Irving Literary Medal from the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York.[4]

Books

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  • A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the SS United States. New York: Simon & Schuster. 2012. ISBN 978-1-4516-4507-1.[5]
  • Barons of the Sea: And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship. New York: Simon & Schuster. 2018. ISBN 978-1-4767-4597-8.[6]
  • The Last Ships from Hamburg: Business, Rivalry, and the Race to Save Russia's Jews on the Eve of World War I. New York: HarperCollins. 2023. ISBN 978-0-06-297189-0.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Ujifusa, Steven". German National Library (in German). Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  2. ^ "Athenaeum Literary Award". Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Archived from the original on May 16, 2024. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  3. ^ "The Best Non-Fiction of 2012". Wall Street Journal. December 14, 2012. Archived from the original on September 14, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  4. ^ "Literary Medal". Saint Nicholas Society. Archived from the original on July 18, 2024. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  5. ^ Reviews for A Man and His Ship:
  6. ^ Reviews of Barons of the Sea:
  7. ^ Reviews of The Last Ships from Hamburg:
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