John Maxtone-Graham
Introduction '''John Kurtz Maxtone-Graham''' (August 2, 1929 – July 6, 2015) was a Scottish-American speaker and writer on ocean liners and maritime history.
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.
See also *Frank O. Braynard
References
External links * *  Brief biography, galaxsea.com; accessed August 28, 2014.