Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 584

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Author: Charles Emelius Lauriat
Publisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 186

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Author: Evelyn Mary (Stapleton-Bretherton) Blücher von Wahlstatt (fürstin von)
Publisher:
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Category : European war, 1914-
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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Author: Gareth Russell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501176749
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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This original and “meticulously researched retelling of history’s most infamous voyage” (Denise Kiernan, New York Times bestselling author) uses the sinking of the Titanic as a prism through which to examine the end of the Edwardian era and the seismic shift modernity brought to the Western world. “While there are many Titanic books, this is one readers will consider a favorite” (Voyage). In April 1912, six notable people were among those privileged to experience the height of luxury—first class passage on “the ship of dreams,” the RMS Titanic: Lucy Leslie, Countess of Rothes; son of the British Empire Tommy Andrews; American captain of industry John Thayer and his son Jack; Jewish-American immigrant Ida Straus; and American model and movie star Dorothy Gibson. Within a week of setting sail, they were all caught up in the horrifying disaster of the Titanic’s sinking, one of the biggest news stories of the century. Today, we can see their stories and the Titanic’s voyage as the beginning of the end of the established hierarchy of the Edwardian era. Writing in his signature elegant prose and using previously unpublished sources, deck plans, journal entries, and surviving artifacts, Gareth Russell peers through the portholes of these first-class travelers to immerse us in a time of unprecedented change in British and American history. Through their intertwining lives, he examines social, technological, political, and economic forces such as the nuances of the British class system, the explosion of competition in the shipping trade, the birth of the movie industry, the Irish Home Rule Crisis, and the Jewish-American immigrant experience while also recounting their intimate stories of bravery, tragedy, and selflessness. Lavishly illustrated with color and black and white photographs, this is “a beautiful requiem” (The Wall Street Journal) in which “readers get the story of this particular floating Tower of Babel in riveting detail, and with all the wider context they could want” (Christian Science Monitor).

Author: Robert D. Ballard
Publisher: New York : Warner Books
ISBN: 9780446518512
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 227

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Explores the controversies surrounding the sinking of the cruise ship in 1915

Author: Diana Preston
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802713750
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 548

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An account of the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania offers a portrait of early twentieth-century maritime history and the terrible impact of the disaster on the course of World War I.

Author: J. Kent Layton
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144565394X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 554

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Ocean liner expert J. Kent Layton examines and debunks some of the conspiracies surrounding two of the great maritime disasters of the twentieth century.

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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 580

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Author: Tad Fitch
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445614391
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1122

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A sumptuously illustrated history of the Titanic, her sinking and its aftermath.

Author: Patrick O'Sullivan
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN: 9781574090949
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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The sinking of the Lusitania is one of the most famous naval disasters in history.