Shipbuilding In California

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

The economic growth in California since 1967, the work of Henry Kaiser to bring a military shipbuilding industry to the state, and the closure of Yosemite National Park.

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Fri 17 Aug 199021:00
BBC Radio 4

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