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 characters, fr...
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| Format: | Books Print Book Large Print |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House Large Print,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First large print edition. |
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| LEADER | 00000cam a2200000Ii 4500 | ||
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| 001 | ocn904353215 | ||
| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20230113164100.0 | ||
| 008 | 150304t20152015nyuab db 001 0 eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9780804194617 |q (paperback) | ||
| 020 | |a 0804194610 |q (paperback) | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)904353215 | ||
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| 050 | 1 | 4 | |a D592.L8 |b L28 2015 |
| 082 | 0 | 4 | |a 940.4/514 |2 23 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Larson, Erik, |d 1954- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Dead wake : |b the last crossing of the Lusitania [LP] / |c Erik Larson. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Last crossing of the Lusitania |
| 250 | |a First large print edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Random House Large Print, |c [2015] | |
| 300 | |a xiv, 648 pages (large print) : |b illustration, map ; |c 24 cm | ||
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographic references (pages 515-624) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 610 | 2 | 0 | |a Lusitania (Steamship) |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1914-1918 |x Naval operations, German. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Shipping |x Government policy |z Great Britain |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Large print books. |2 lcgft | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Oldham, Helen G. tribute | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Katz, Edith, In Memory. | |
| 949 | |a CCL |b ClpNF |c LP 940.4 La |d i |e 39241503295474 |f 578016 |g lpddc |i Large Print |j 07/10/2015 | ||
| 949 | |a schlow |b SANONLP |c 940.4514 LAR [LP] |d i |e 39635103409058 |f 574779 |g ddc |j 06/03/2015 | ||
| 999 | |a 375549 | ||
