Steven Ujifusa Explained

Steven Brooks Ujifusa is an American historian and the author of three books on maritime history.

Ujifasa's father Grant was a founding editor of The Almanac of American Politics and prominent participant in the Japanese American redress movement of the 1980s. His mother Amy was a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Juilliard School of Music.^[1]

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.^[2] His first book, A Man and His Ship, won the Literary Prize for Non-Fiction from the Athenaeum of Philadelphia^[3] and was named one of the top ten non-fiction books of 2012 by The Wall Street Journal.^[4] In 2019, he received the Washington Irving Literary Medal from the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York.^[5]

Books

• Book: A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the SS United States . 2012 . . 978-1-4516-4507-1 . New York. ^[6]
• Book: Barons of the Sea: And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship . 2018 . . 978-1-4767-4597-8 . New York. ^[7]
• Book: The Last Ships from Hamburg: Business, Rivalry, and the Race to Save Russia's Jews on the Eve of World War I . 2023 . . 978-0-06-297189-0 . New York. ^[8]

External links

• Home page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Japanese American Redress: Scenes Behind the Scenes: Grant Ujifusa. 2024-11-12.
2. Web site: Ujifusa, Steven . 2024-09-27 . . de.
3. Web site: Athenaeum Literary Award . 2024-09-26 . . May 16, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240516050629/http://web3.philaathenaeum.org/literary.html . live .
4. News: December 14, 2012 . The Best Non-Fiction of 2012 . 2024-10-03 . . September 14, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230914195936/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324481204578179532266739440 . live .
5. Web site: Literary Medal . 2024-09-26 . . en-US . July 18, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240718114744/https://saintnicholassociety.org/awards/literary-medal/ . live .
6. Reviews for A Man and His Ship:
   • Web site: Gordon . John Steele . 2012-08-17 . The Anti-Titanic . 2024-10-03 . .
   • Freeman . Jay . 2012-06-01 . A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the SS United States . 2024-10-03 . . . Gale . 108 . 19–20 .
   • Web site: 2012-05-06 . A Man and His Ship . 2024-10-03 . . November 22, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231122071431/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/steven-ujifusa/man-his-ship/ . live .
   • Mercogliano . Salvatore R. . Winter 2012–2013 . Reviews . 2024-10-04 . . 53 . . 141 .
   • Preul . Don . February 2013 . A Man and His Ship . 2024-10-03 . . 139 . 2 .
   • Stillwell . Paul . January 2013 . Looking Back - The Last Great American Liner . 2024-10-03 . . . 27 . 1 . May 19, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240519020206/https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2013/january/looking-back-last-great-american-liner . live .
   • Web site: 2012-05-21 . A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the SS United States by Steven Ujifusa . 2024-10-03 . . March 4, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240304174645/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781451645071 . live .
7. Reviews of Barons of the Sea:
   • Web site: 2018-04-10 . Barons of the Sea . 2024-10-04 . . May 20, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240520190310/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/steven-ujifusa/barons-of-the-sea/ . live .
   • Web site: 2018-05-07 . Barons of the Sea: And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship by Steven Ujifusa . 2024-10-03 . .
   • Collins . Cary C. . 2019 . BARONS OF THE SEA: And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper ship. . . 85–86 .
   • Demy . Timothy J. . 2023-07-27 . Steven Ujifusa, Barons of the Sea, and Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship by Timothy J. Demy . The Northern Mariner / Le Marin du Nord . 33 . 1 . 154–156 . 10.25071/2561-5467.1119 . 2561-5467 .
   • News: Donoghue . Steve . 2018-07-17 . 'Barons of the Sea' chronicles the race to build the perfect clipper ship . 2024-10-03 . . 0882-7729 . March 22, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230322163040/https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2018/0717/Barons-of-the-Sea-chronicles-the-race-to-build-the-perfect-clipper-ship . live .
   • Kj . 2018 . Barons of the Sea: And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship . . 230 . 85 . 26535823 . 0015-7228 .
   • Ewing . James . 2019-02-01 . Pelagic thoroughbreds . . 37 . 6 . 66–67.
   • Steagall . Jason L. . 2018-06-02 . Barons of the Sea: And Their Race To Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship . . 143 . 10 . 113 .
8. Reviews of The Last Ships from Hamburg:
   • Web site: Cole . Diane . 2023-11-17 . Voyage to the Golden Land . 2024-10-03 . . December 17, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231217014404/https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-last-ships-from-hamburg-review-voyage-to-the-golden-land-c637f449 . live .
   • Drent . Jan . 2024-06-28 . Steven Ujifusa, The Last Ships from Hamburg: Business, Rivalry, and the Race to Save Russia's Jews on the Eve of World War I by Jan Drent . The Northern Mariner / Le Marin du Nord . 33 . 3–4 . 580–583 . 10.25071/2561-5467.1225 . 2561-5467 .
   • Web site: Nasaw . David . 2024-02-12 . The Deadly Business of Restricting Immigration . 2024-10-03 . .
   • Web site: 2023-09-23 . The Last Ships from Hamburg . 2024-10-03 . . December 23, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231223073200/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/steven-ujifusa/the-last-ships-from-hamburg/ . live .
   • Web site: 2023-09-11 . The Last Ships from Hamburg: Business, Rivalry and the Race to Save Russia's Jews on the Eve of World War I by Steven Ujifusa . 2024-10-03 . . August 27, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240827130739/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780062971876 . live .