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Overview"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." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jerry E. StrahanPublisher: Louisiana State University Press Imprint: Louisiana State University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780807123393ISBN 10: 0807123390 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 30 October 1998 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsStrahan'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.--Tampa Tribune 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.--New Orleans Times-Picayune 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.-- Tampa Tribune 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.-- New Orleans Times-Picayune Author InformationJerry E. Strahan is the author of Managing Ignatius: The Lunacy of Lucky Dogs and Life in the Quarter. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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