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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson (Paperback / softback, 2016)

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Larson's The Devil in the White City is set to be a Hulu limited series; his In the Garden of Beasts is under option by Tom Hanks for a feature film. Larson lives in Manhattan with his wife, who is a writer and retired neonatologist; they have three grown daughters.

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#1 New York Times Bestseller From the bestselling author and master of narrative nfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. For months, German U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the Lusitania was one of the era's great transatlantic Greyhounds --the fastest liner then in service--and her captain, William Thomas Turner, placed tremendous faith in the gentlemanly strictures of warfare that for a century had kept civilian ships safe from attack. Germany, however, was determined to change the rules of the game, and Walther Schwieger, the captain of Unterseeboot-20, was happy to oblige. Meanwhile, an ultra-secret British intelligence unit tracked Schwieger's U-boat, but told one. As U-20 and the Lusitania made their way toward Liverpool, an array of forces both grand and achingly small--hubris, a chance fog, a closely guarded secret, and more--all converged to produce one of the great disasters of history. It is a story that many of us think we kw but don't, and Erik Larson tells it thrillingly, switching between hunter and hunted while painting a larger portrait of America at the height of the Progressive Era. Full of glamour and suspense, Dead Wake brings to life a cast of evocative characters, from famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat to pioneering female architect Theodate Pope to President Woodrow Wilson, a man lost to grief, dreading the widening war but also captivated by the prospect of new love. Gripping and important, Dead Wake captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster whose intimate details and true meaning have long been obscured by history.

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Publisher
Broadway Books
ISBN-10
0307408876
ISBN-13
9780307408877
eBay Product ID (ePID)
223125095

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Author
Erik Larson
Format
Trade Paperback (Us) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound, Paperback / Softback
Language
English
Topic
Military History

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Author Biography
Erik Larson is the author of five national bestsellers, including The Devil in the White City and In the Garden of Beasts, which have collectively sold more than 6.5 million copies. His books have been published in seventeen countries. From the Hardcover edition.
Date of Publication
22/03/2016
Country of Publication
United States

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by 780mgy17 Jul, 2019
Would strongly recommend for history buffs and anyone interested in the Lusitania and its final voyage.
Excellent book and history of the Lusitania. Many things I never knew about the ship and its passengers. Very well written and puts you there as the events unfold. A book you cannot put down till it is finished!
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by ssstillge16 Jul, 2020
Another great Larson Book
Will be of interest to readers with an interest in World War One and in passenger ships. Easy to read,not a text book approach.
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by xjh67_7728 Mar, 2022
Title of book. DEAD WAKE
Dead Wake was a gift for a friend. He was thrill to get it and the price was great. All the books I have bought have been in GREAT SHAPE.
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by jdopfel19 Feb, 2019
Great tragedy told
Great historical event... in detail to the point of taking you there.
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by hehhmh_x6c8kg2a...14 Aug, 2019
Worth reading
Captivating story, better than fiction.
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Would strongly recommend for history buffs and anyone interested in the Lusitania and its final voyage.

Another great Larson Book

Title of book. DEAD WAKE

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