She was built to chase rum-runners. But FDR liked her lines and the Potomac became the Floating White House. Royalty, world leaders and statesmen came aboard.

Later, the Potomac began a downward spiral — governor’s yacht, ferry, a sideshow attraction, arrested in a drug raid, sunk in San Francisco Bay.

Today, beautifully restored to her glorious era, she brings alive the historic Roosevelt years. This is her whole history. 200 photos of the ship, the interiors and the famous personages who graced her enrich the story. A good gift book.

THE PRESIDENTIAL YACHT POTOMAC

by Capt. Walter W. Jaffee

• Large, hard cover, 224 pp, 200 photos, appendices
• ISBN 1-889901-06-7
• Price: $30

This is a new history of the Liberty ship Jeremiah O’Brien. Built in 56 days, launched in the midst of World War II, she was expected to serve for five years at most — if she was lucky. This new edition spans the O'Brien's historic voyages from the battlegrounds of Europe and the North Atlantic, the awesome preparations for D-Day and 11 landings on the beaches of Normandy. Then across a half century to her second life as a national landmark and her return to Normandy in 1994. As the last survivor of the great D-Day armada, she was the centerpiece of the 50^th Anniversary events in England and France.

SS JEREMIAH O’BRIEN,

The History of a Liberty Ship from the Battle of the Atlantic to the 21^st Century

by Capt. Walter W. Jaffee

• Hard cover, 416 pp., 200+ photos & illus., biblio., index
• ISBN 1-889901-33-4.
• Price: $35

Good Shipmates (Vol. 1: 1942 to 1994) is the story of the restoration of Baltimore's Liberty ship, the John W. Brown, told through the experiences of the ship's volunteers during World War II and now coming on board to restore her as an active ship and living museum. Written by Ernest Imhoff, a former editor of the Baltimore Sun, Good Shipmates captures the essence of the ship, her crew and her Living History Cruises.

GOOD SHIPMATES, The Restoration of the Liberty Ship John W. Brown

by Ernest F. Imhoff

• Volume One: 1942 to 1994.
• Soft cover, 416 pp, 100+ photos & illustrations
• ISBN 978-1-889901-36-7
• Price: $24.95

Part two of the modern history of the John W. Brown is now available. Author Ernest F. Imhoff continues his story of this active museum ship through the eyes of the volunteers, their families, friends and supporters.

GOOD SHIPMATES, The Restoration of the Liberty Ship John W. Brown

by Ernest F. Imhoff

With a forward by Russell Baker

• Volume Two: 1995-2006
• Soft cover, 416 pp, 100+photos & illustrations
• ISBN 978-1-889901-39-8
• Price: $24.95