Port Town

Port Town
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ISBN-10 : 0692468471
ISBN-13 : 9780692468470
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Book Synopsis Port Town by : George Cunningham

Download or read book Port Town written by George Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Port Town: How the People of Long Beach Built, Defended, and Profited from Their Harbor, tells how the Port of Long Beach rose from a marshy mud flat to become an economic powerhouse, one of the greenest and most modern ports in the world. An epic tale, Port Town is filled with the true stories of the larger-than-life soldiers of fortune, land-grabbers, lovers, dreamers and builders who were inspired and bewitched by the Port of Long Beach's mighty promise.


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