The White Ships by Duncan O'Brien

“The research is solid and the images are compelling, especially for anyone who was a passenger - or who heard the stories.”
- San Francisco Chronicle, November 2008

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Author appears on KGMB9 TV, Honolulu

MATSON MAGIC! Honolulu Star Bulletin - February, 2009


About the Book

The White Ships, by Canadian author Duncan O'Brien, is the first comprehensive history of the six classic white liners operated by Matson Navigation Company between California, Hawaii, the South Pacific, New Zealand and Australia from 1927 until 1978.

The deluxe coffee-table book was published by Pier 10 Media in 2008. Only 1,000 copies were printed. It is available at selected shops worldwide, and online via the order link below.

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The author on the bridge
of the S.S. Monterey, 1977.

The book is hard-cover, 284 pages and features hundreds of color and black-and-white photos and reproductions of Matson memorabilia. The accompanying text is a chronology of the ships, their ports of call and the people who sailed on them.

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