Bossiest Man on the Clyde

English

ISBN: 0715209388

EAN: 9780715209387

Category: Nature / Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers/Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / General/Biography & Autobiography / General/

Publisher: Saint Andrew Press, Limited

Release Date: 10/31/2012

Synopsis: How did Glasgow become the great City that it is today? Who made it possible for the Clyde to become such an important centre of shipbuilding and trade? This is the previously untold story of George Reith, one volatile, often bad-tempered and always bossy man who had the vision in the 19th century to transform Glasgows potential to become a great city of the Empire. In absorbing style, we are told the story of the great but unheralded Scot who created the means for ships to get into Glasgow from the Atlantic - making Glasgow a city of enormous worldwide importance; who improved Glasgows health; introduced new forms of engineering construction, improved safety on Scotlands railways and played a key role in the development of Clydebank. This is the incredible life of a man who rose from a humble farmstead to shape a river, a city and a nation.

Bossiest Man on the Clyde

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Width: 5.31 inches

Length: 8.5 inches

Pages: 128