Description: Death of a Fleet; 1917 - 1919. By Paul Schubert and Langhorne Gibson. 1st Edition published in 1932 by Coward-McCann of New York. Signed/inscribed by Gibson on front free endpaper as pictured above. "For a decade and a half the mutinies and revolt which shattered the fighting power of the Imperial High Sea Fleet at the most crucial moment of Germany's history, have remained a comparative mystery...." Langhorne Gibson was a writer and the son of the artist/illustrator of Charles Dana Gibson, who created "The Gibson Girl." Langhorne Gibson, who was an avid sailor and racer, wrote two books on naval battles of World War I, ''Death of a Fleet,'' published in 1932, and ''The Riddle of Jutland,'' published in 1934. He also worked in magazine advertising and in 1928 became a vice president of Life Magazine. Mr. Gibson served as a Navy seaman in World War I and as a lieutenant commander in charge of the Naval Intelligence Office in Richmond in World War II. He was born July 30, 1899, in Hempstead, L.I. He graduated in 1922 from Yale University, where he was captain of the varsity crew team. Born Herbert Paul Schubert in 1899, Schubert was appointed to the United States Naval Academy from Connecticut, graduating with the Class of 1920 on June 6, 1919. In 1939, Schubert embarked upon a career as a radio news analyst for the Mutual Broadcasting System's WOR Radio in New York. Working for WOR during the war, as well as occasional work for the BBC and the Office of War Information, Schubert broadcast on naval and military issues throughout World War II. Schubert wrote articles for Saturday Evening Post, Reader's Digest, Collier's, and Cosmopolitan, as well as a newspaper column in the Washington Post. Schubert was also author of the books The Electric Word: The Rise of Radio, Come On, Texas, Death of a Fleet, and Sea Power in Conflict. Condition: Very Good for age. Sound binding. Sunning to spine cloth. Pages lightly toned, clean, tight and whole. Signed/inscribed by Langhorne Gibson on front free endpaper. 8 1/2" x 5 3/4" with 278 pages.
Price: 46.75 USD
Location: Westbrook, Connecticut
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, Inscribed, SIGNED
Signed: Yes
Author: Paul Schubert, Langhorne Gibson
Personalized: Yes
Publisher: Coward-McCann
Topic: WWI (1914-18)
Subject: Military & War
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1932
