In Peace and War: A History of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point Prospect Park Books authors and community leaders

authors and community leaders

They recruit Lucetta from a soup kitchen

In this illuminating journey—celebrated in this special 25th anniversary edition with a new preface by the author—our spiritual guides ask and answer the fundamental questions of human experience: Who am I

with a humorous bent

In Peace and War: A History of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point Prospect Park Books authors and community leadersFounded in 1937, the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, has trained more than 20,000 professional marinersand, in the process, has weathered many turbulent times. In Peace and War draws on extensive researchincluding archival work and interviews with past and present day administrators, alumni, and current midshipmento document the Academys evolution from its beginnings to the present. This balanced and comprehensive work details