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Hardcover. Condición: Good. Dust Jacket Included. Hard Cover. Good/Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 295 p. B&W photos; index. Light wear & soil to covers. Soil & small edge tears to dust jacket. One phase of America's development which is seldom understood is our ports. Actual dredging by the Federal Government was undertaken many years ago, but the actual building of wharves, terminals, etc., on the banks of the streams has been left to local initiative. An awakened consciousness has developed American harbors. Colonel Allin developed one American port from nothing to the fourth port of the nation in twelve years. Mingled with his account of how this link in our transportation routes has undergone metamorphosis is an autobiography of exploration in the Orient as well as unusual war experience in both World Wars. NAUTICAL/MARITIME/TRANSPORTATION/SCIENCE.…