Larrie D. Ferreiro is a naval

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and

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Early life

He was born and raised on

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. His great-grandfather was an immigrant from

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Career

He completed his

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in 2004. He did his

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and BSE in

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. He is currently director of research at the Defense Acquisition University in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and Adjunct Professor of History at

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. He was previously a naval architect and systems engineer at the Office of Naval Research, Naval Sea Systems Command and US Coast Guard, and an exchange engineer with the French Navy. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in History for his book ''Brothers at Arms''.

Bibliography

Some of his books are: * ''Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition That Reshaped Our World''. New York, NY : Basic Books, 2011, * ''Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It''. Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. * ''Ships and Science: The Birth of Naval Architecture in the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1800''. MIT Press 2006. * ''Bridging the Seas: The Rise of Naval Architecture in the Industrial Age, 1800-2000''. MIT Press, 2020. * ''Churchill's American Arsenal: The Partnership Behind the Innovations that Won World War Two''. Oxford University Press, 2022.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferreiro, Larrie Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American people of Spanish descent American people of Galician descent 21st-century American historians American male non-fiction writers Alumni of Imperial College London George Mason University faculty 21st-century American male writers