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] He is the recipient of the Washington Irving Literary Medal from the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York,[2] and the Literary Prize for Non-Fiction from the Athenaeum of Philadelphia.[3] His first book, A Man and His Ship, was named by The Wall Street Journal as one of the 10 best nonfiction books of 2012.[4]

Books

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Ujifusa is the author of:

  • A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the SS United States. (Simon & Schuster, 2012)[5]
  • Barons of the Sea: And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship (Simon & Schuster, 2018)[6]
  • The Last Ships from Hamburg: Business, Rivalry, and the Race to Save Russia's Jews on the Eve of World War I (HarperCollins, 2023)[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Ujifusa, Steven". German National Library. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  2. ^ "Literary Medal". Saint Nicholas Society. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  3. ^ "Athenaeum of Philadelphia--Literary Award". web3.philaathenaeum.org. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  4. ^ "The Best Non-Fiction of 2012". December 14, 2012.
  5. ^ Reviews of A Man and His Ship:
  6. ^ Reviews of Barons of the Sea:
  7. ^ Reviews of The Last Ships from Hamburg:
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