Occupation Historian, writer Role Writer | Name John Maxtone-Graham Spouse(s) Mary Children Ian Maxtone-Graham | |
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Full Name John Kurtz Maxtone-Graham Books The Only Way to Cross, Titanic Tragedy: A New Loo, Normandie: France's Legendar, Liners to the Sun, France/Norway: France's Last Liner | ||
John maxtone graham visits the ss united states
John Kurtz Maxtone-Graham (August 2, 1929 – July 6, 2015) was a Scottish-American speaker and writer on ocean liners and maritime history.
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- John maxtone graham visits the ss united states
- John maxtone graham talks about his new titanic book
- Biography
- References
John maxtone graham talks about his new titanic book
Biography
Maxtone-Graham was born in Orange, New Jersey to a Scottish father and an American mother. He graduated from Brown University in 1951. He served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War and then worked as a Broadway stage manager. In 1972 he wrote a social history and appreciation of the Atlantic express liners, The Only Way to Cross, which was a success as a mass-market publication. This was followed by other books on express liner history. France/Norway was published in 2010; in March 2012 he wrote and published Titanic Tragedy; and in October 2014 he published his final book, SS United States: Red, White, & Blue Riband, Forever.
He was married twice and had four children. He is the father of writer Ian Maxtone-Graham. John Maxtone-Graham died from respiratory failure in Manhattan on July 6, 2015, aged 85.