Warren presents a history of the Cammell Laird ship-building business from its beginning to its effective end in 1993, tracing the fortunes of the once prominent firm using an array of sources from the trade press to company archives.

"Jerry McGann is a giant of a man - in love, in war, in friendship, more than living up to the wildly romantic adventurers, his ancestors Harry and Toby McGann. As the proud captain of the USS Montgomery, he sails into New Orleans harbour for the marriage of his friend Rod Bascom to Claudine Grahame, and into the arms and heart of Marguerite Grahame, the beautiful, proud and impetuous daughter of a Southern plantation owner. But the American Civil War is coming. The brothers-in-law support different sides, Jerry the Federal North and Rod the the Southern Confederacy."--Publisher description.

List of members in each volume.

List of members in each volume.

This is the story of a man who left Germany in the 1890's at age 18, signed on as a crew member of a sailing ship then traveled the world finally settling in Seattle, WA. Then as sailing ships gave way to steam, he made that transition. As he moved, he sent postcards to Germany leaving a trail of breadcrumbs marking his location. Each postcard was postmarked thereby revealing the date. Later in years he recounted his adventures to his grandson who obtained the postcards from Germany and tracked his grandfather's travels then combined that with the stories grandfather told him.