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Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats That Won World War II by Jerry E. Strahan (1998, Trade Paperback)

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Andrew Jackson Higgins is perhaps the most forgotten hero of the Allied victory. He designed the LCVP (landing craft vehicle, personnel) that played such a vital role in the invasion of Normandy as well as the first effective tank landing craft. During the war, New Orleans-based Higgins Industries produced over twenty thousand boats, including lightning-fast PT boats and the twenty-seven-foot airborne lifeboat. Higgins dedicated himself to providing Allied soldiers with the finest landing craft in the world, and he fought the Bureau of Ships, the Washington bureaucracy, and the powerful eastern shipyards to succeed. Jerry Strahan's biography of Higgins reveals a colorful, controversial character--hard fisted, hard swearing, and hard drinking--who was an outsider to New Orleans' elite social circles. He was also, however, a hardworking boatbuilder who became a major industrialist with a worldwide reputation--even Hitler was aware of Higgins, calling him "the new Noah."

Product Identifiers

Publisher
LSU Press
ISBN-10
0807123390
ISBN-13
9780807123393
eBay Product ID (ePID)
788261

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Book Title
Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats That Won World War II
Author
Jerry E. Strahan
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / Naval, Military / Vehicles, Ships & Shipbuilding / General, Business
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Transportation, History
Number of Pages
400 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
19 Oz

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Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats That Won World War II is an important book, and Jerry Strahan has performed an admirable service for the city, military, and maritime historians in detailing the engineering and manufacturing innovations of a forgotten pioneer., Strahan's well-written and lucid account of both the climb and the fall [of Higgins] makes illuminating reading--for businessmen as well as history buffs.
Copyright Date
1994
Lccn
93-041552
Dewey Decimal
338.7/6238256/092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes

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by aussilve0Dec 15, 2022
great background on a person who had major impact on the war effort for WW2
It takes people of many different backgrounds and abilities to win a war. Andrew Higgins contributions made a lasting impact on the United States ability to project power onto the beach in both the European and Pacific theaters.
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by 47higginsOct 01, 2011
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being an owner of three higgins boats,restoring an useing then is great fun.knowing all this history puts all the little bits i've heard together.great little book loads of info thanks.Bill W. 47 higgins

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