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Dead wake : the last crossing of the Lusitania
Title:
Dead wake : the last crossing of the Lusitania
Author:
Larson, Erik, 1954-
Personal Author:
Larson, Erik, 1954-
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Crown Publishers, [2015]
Physical Description:
430 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Summary:
The #1 New York Times best-selling author of In the Garden of Beasts presents a 100th-anniversary chronicle of the sinking of the Lusitania that discusses the factors that led to the tragedy and the contributions of such figures as President Wilson, bookseller Charles Lauriat and architect Theodate Pope Riddle.
Language:
English
Contents:
Mining suspense -- A word from the captain -- "Bloody monkeys" -- Jump rope and caviar -- Dead wake -- The black soul -- The sea of secrets -- Epilogue: personal effects.
Corporate Subject:
Lusitania (Steamship)

Lusitania (Steamship) (OCoLC)fst00537553
Conference Subject:
World War (1914-1918) (OCoLC)fst01180746
Subject Term:
World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, German.

Shipping -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.

Military operations, Naval -- German. (OCoLC)fst01710247

Shipping -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst01116384
Geographic Term:
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Genre:
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN:
9780307408860

9780307408877
Format :
Book

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