The liners : a history of the North Atlantic crossing /
The story of the great and beautiful ships, built for speed and comfort, that regularly plied between Europe and America on the North Atlantic route. It is the story of a line in ship design that runs from Brunel's Great Eastern through the early Cunarders and the might German ships of the late...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Putnam,
[1977]
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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| Summary: | The story of the great and beautiful ships, built for speed and comfort, that regularly plied between Europe and America on the North Atlantic route. It is the story of a line in ship design that runs from Brunel's Great Eastern through the early Cunarders and the might German ships of the late nineteenth century, to the Queen Mary, the Queen Elizabeth, the Normandie, the United States and, finally the QE2. |
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| Physical Description: | 231 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-223) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0713910119 9780713910117 0399119582 9780399119583 |