Dead wake the last crossing of the Lusitania [LP]
It is a story that many of us think we know 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 character...
| Main Author: | Larson, Erik, 1954- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book Large Print |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Random House Large Print,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First large print edition. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
It is a story that many of us think we know 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. |
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| Physical Description: |
xiv, 648 pages (large print) : illustration, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographic references (pages 515-624) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780804194617 0804194610 |
| Author Notes: |
Larson has taught non-fiction writing at San Francisco State University, the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars, and the University of Oregon. (Bowker Author Biography) |