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Bester Preis: 10,63 (vom 02.09.2017)
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9780985977368 - Mare Island

Mare Island

Lieferung erfolgt aus/von: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland EN NW

ISBN: 9780985977368 bzw. 0985977361, in Englisch, neu.

11,85 (£ 10,86)¹
versandkostenfrei, unverbindlich
Nonfiction. California Interest. What would it be like to discover your very own ghost town? To stumble upon the place by accident and feel it grow more and more mysterious with every step you take? The buildings, still standing tall with their importance, abandoned, every window broken; heavy equipment in chains, rusting in plain sight; weeds taking over the premises; the feeling that everyone's just left yesterday or the day before.It's this chance encounter with Mare Island, the first naval base the US opened on the Pacific Ocean, once the shipbuilding capital of the western world, home and workplace to over 50,000 people but shuttered by an act of Congress on April Fools' Day, 1996, that leads the writer to make up stories about what he's seeing, and to ask himself questions about his own life that he wouldn't have otherwise asked.MARE ISLAND is part documentary in words and pictures of a place the writer calls, "the Stonehenge of the American empire," and part self-portrait, an extremely personal encounter with the past, present, and a possible future.Established in 1854, Mare Island Naval Shipyard was the first US Navy base on the Pacific Ocean. 514 ships were built at Mare Island and thousands of other vessels overhauled in dry dock during its colorful heyday. Once considered America's military shipbuilding capital, Mare Island was registered as a California Historical Landmark in 1960, and parts of the base were declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1975.
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0985977361 - Brooks Roddan: Mare Island
Brooks Roddan

Mare Island

Lieferung erfolgt aus/von: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika EN US

ISBN: 0985977361 bzw. 9780985977368, in Englisch, IF SF Publishing, gebraucht.

10,63 ($ 12,62)¹
versandkostenfrei, unverbindlich
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
history, Literary Nonfiction. California Interest. Photography. What would it be like to discover your very own ghost town? To stumble upon the place by accident and feel it grow more and more mysterious with every step you take? The buildings, still standing tall with their importance, abandoned, every window broken; heavy equipment in chains, rusting in plain sight; weeds taking over the premises; the feeling that everyone's just left yesterday or the day before. It's this chance encounter with Mare Island, the first naval base the US opened on the Pacific Ocean, once the shipbuilding capital of the western world, home and workplace to over 50,000 people but shuttered by an act of Congress on April Fools' Day, 1996, that leads the writer to make up stories about what he's seeing, and to ask himself questions about his own life that he wouldn't have otherwise asked. MARE ISLAND is part documentary in words and pictures of a place the writer calls, "the Stonehenge of the American empire," and part self-portrait, an extremely personal encounter with the past, present, and a possible future. Established in 1854, Mare Island Naval Shipyard was the first US Navy base on the Pacific Ocean. 514 ships were built at Mare Island and thousands of other vessels overhauled in dry dock during its colorful heyday. Once considered America's military shipbuilding capital, Mare Island was registered as a California Historical Landmark in 1960, and parts of the base were declared a National Historic La.
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9780985977368 - Brooks Roddan: Mare Island
Brooks Roddan

Mare Island

Lieferung erfolgt aus/von: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika EN PB NW

ISBN: 9780985977368 bzw. 0985977361, in Englisch, IF SF Publishing, Taschenbuch, neu.

11,88 ($ 14,10)¹
versandkostenfrei, unverbindlich
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
Mare-Island~~Brooks-Roddan, Mare Island, Paperback.
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