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- ISBN
- 0307408868
- Book Title
- Dead Wake : the Last Crossing of the Lusitania
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Genre
- Transportation, History
- Topic
- Military / Naval, Modern / 20th Century, Military / World War I, Ships & Shipbuilding / History
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Item Weight
- 23.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 448 Pages
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#1 New York Times Bestseller From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction 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 no 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 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. 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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Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0307408868
ISBN-13
9780307408860
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201621167
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dead Wake : the Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / Naval, Modern / 20th Century, Military / World War I, Ships & Shipbuilding / History
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Transportation, History
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
23.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
D592.L8l28 2015
Publication Date
2015-03-10
Reviews
"Larson is one of the modern masters of popular narrative nonfiction...a resourceful reporter and a subtle stylist who understands the tricky art of Edward Scissorhands-ing narrative strands into a pleasing story...An entertaining book about a great subject, and it will do much to make this seismic event resonate for new generations of readers." -- The New York Times Book Review "Larson is an old hand at treating nonfiction like high drama...He knows how to pick details that have maximum soapy potential and then churn them down until they foam [and] has an eye for haunting, unexploited detail." -- The New York Times "In his gripping new examination of the last days of what was then the fastest cruise ship in the world, Larson brings the past stingingly alive...He draws upon telegrams, war logs, love letters, and survivor depositions to provide the intriguing details, things I didn''t know I wanted to know...Thrilling, dramatic and powerful." --NPR "Larson is a journalist who writes non-fiction books that read like novels, real page-turners. This one is no exception. I had known a lot about the Titanic but little about the Lusitania . This filled in those gaps... this one is pretty damned good. Thoroughly engrossing." --George R.R. Martin "This enthralling and richly detailed account demonstrates that there was far more going on beneath the surface than is generally known...Larson''s account [of the Lusitania ''s sinking] is the most lucid and suspenseful yet written, and he finds genuine emotional power in the unlucky confluences of forces, ''large and achingly small,'' that set the stage for the ship''s agonizing final moments." -- The Washington Post "Utterly engrossing...Expertly ratcheting up the tension...Larson puts us on board with these peop†it''s page-turning history, breathing with life." -- The Seattle Times "Larson has a gift for transforming historical re-creations into popular recreations, and Dead Wake is no exception...[He] provides first-rate suspense, a remarkable achievement given that we already know how this is going to turn out...The tension, in the reader''s easy chair, is unbearable..." -- The Boston Globe "Both terrifying and enthralling. As the two vessels stumble upon each other, the story almost takes on the narrative pulse of Jaws -- the sinking was impossible and inevitable at the same time. At no point do you root for the shark, but Larson''s incredible detail pulls you under and never lets you go." -- Entertainment Weekly "Erik Larson [has] made a career out of turning history into best sellers that read as urgently as thrillers...A meticulous master of non-fiction suspense." --USA Today "[Larson] vividly captures the disaster and the ship''s microcosm, in which the second class seems more appealing than the first." -- The New Yorker "[Larson is] a superb storyteller and a relentless research hound..." --Lev Grossman, TIME "[Larson] proves his mettle again as a weaver of tales of naïveté, calumny and intrigue. He engagingly sketches life aboard the liner and amply describes the powers'' political situations... The panorama Mr. Larson surveys is impressive, as is the breadth of his research and the length of his bibliography. He can''t miss engaging readers with the curious cast of characters, this ship of fools, and his accounting of the sinking itself and the survivors'' ordeals are the stuff of nightmares." -- Washington Times "Readers looking for a swift, emotionally engaging account of one of history''s great sea disasters will find Dead Wake grimly exhilarating. Larson is an exceptionally skilled storyteller, and his tick-tock narrative, which cuts between the Lusitania , U-20 and the political powers behind them, is pitch-perfect." -- The Richmond Times-Dispatch "Larson so brilliantly elucidates [the Lusitania ''s fate] in Dead Wake , his detailed forensic and utterly engrossing account of the Lusitania ''s last voyage..., A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2015 A St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Book of 2015 A Miami Herald Favorite Book of 2015 BookTrib''s Best Narrative Nonfiction Book of 2015 #1 History & Biography Book in the 2015 Goodreads Choice Awards A LibraryReads Top Ten Book of 2015 A Library Journal Top Ten Book of 2015 A Kirkus Best Book of 2015 An Indigo Best Book of 2015 "Larson is one of the modern masters of popular narrative nonfiction...a resourceful reporter and a subtle stylist who understands the tricky art of Edward Scissorhands-ing narrative strands into a pleasing story...An entertaining book about a great subject, and it will do much to make this seismic event resonate for new generations of readers." -- The New York Times Book Review "Larson is an old hand at treating nonfiction like high drama...He knows how to pick details that have maximum soapy potential and then churn them down until they foam [and] has an eye for haunting, unexploited detail." -- The New York Times "In his gripping new examination of the last days of what was then the fastest cruise ship in the world, Larson brings the past stingingly alive...He draws upon telegrams, war logs, love letters, and survivor depositions to provide the intriguing details, things I didn''t know I wanted to know...Thrilling, dramatic and powerful." --NPR "Larson is a journalist who writes non-fiction books that read like novels, real page-turners. This one is no exception. I had known a lot about the Titanic but little about the Lusitania . This filled in those gaps... this one is pretty damned good. Thoroughly engrossing." --George R.R. Martin "This enthralling and richly detailed account demonstrates that there was far more going on beneath the surface than is generally known...Larson''s account [of the Lusitania ''s sinking] is the most lucid and suspenseful yet written, and he finds genuine emotional power in the unlucky confluences of forces, ''large and achingly small,'' that set the stage for the ship''s agonizing final moments." -- The Washington Post "Utterly engrossing...Expertly ratcheting up the tension...Larson puts us on board with these peop†it''s page-turning history, breathing with life." -- The Seattle Times "Larson has a gift for transforming historical re-creations into popular recreations, and Dead Wake is no exception...[He] provides first-rate suspense, a remarkable achievement given that we already know how this is going to turn out...The tension, in the reader''s easy chair, is unbearable..." -- The Boston Globe "Both terrifying and enthralling. As the two vessels stumble upon each other, the story almost takes on the narrative pulse of Jaws -- the sinking was impossible and inevitable at the same time. At no point do you root for the shark, but Larson''s incredible detail pulls you under and never lets you go." -- Entertainment Weekly "Erik Larson [has] made a career out of turning history into best sellers that read as urgently as thrillers...A meticulous master of non-fiction suspense." --USA Today "[Larson] vividly captures the disaster and the ship''s microcosm, in which the second class seems more appealing than the first." -- The New Yorker "[Larson is] a superb storyteller and a relentless research hound..." --Lev Grossman, TIME "[Larson] proves his mettle again as a weaver of tales of naïveté, calumny and intrigue. He engagingly sketches life aboard the liner and amply describes the powers'' political situations... The panorama Mr. Larson surveys is impressive, as is the breadth of his research and the length of his bibliography. He can''t miss engaging readers with the curious cast of characters, this ship of fools, and his accounting of the sinking itself and the survivors'' ordeals are the stuff of nightmares." -- Washington Times "Readers looking for a swift, emotionally engaging account of one of history''s great sea disasters will find Dead Wake grimly exhilarating., Finalist for the Washington State Book Award -- History/General Non-fiction A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2015 A St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Book of 2015 A Miami Herald Favorite Book of 2015 BookTrib''s Best Narrative Nonfiction Book of 2015 #1 History & Biography Book in the 2015 Goodreads Choice Awards A LibraryReads Top Ten Book of 2015 A Library Journal Top Ten Book of 2015 A Kirkus Best Book of 2015 An Indigo Best Book of 2015 "Larson is one of the modern masters of popular narrative nonfiction...a resourceful reporter and a subtle stylist who understands the tricky art of Edward Scissorhands-ing narrative strands into a pleasing story...An entertaining book about a great subject, and it will do much to make this seismic event resonate for new generations of readers." -- The New York Times Book Review "Larson is an old hand at treating nonfiction like high drama...He knows how to pick details that have maximum soapy potential and then churn them down until they foam [and] has an eye for haunting, unexploited detail." -- The New York Times "In his gripping new examination of the last days of what was then the fastest cruise ship in the world, Larson brings the past stingingly alive...He draws upon telegrams, war logs, love letters, and survivor depositions to provide the intriguing details, things I didn''t know I wanted to know...Thrilling, dramatic and powerful." --NPR "Larson is a journalist who writes non-fiction books that read like novels, real page-turners. This one is no exception. I had known a lot about the Titanic but little about the Lusitania . This filled in those gaps... this one is pretty damned good. Thoroughly engrossing." --George R.R. Martin "This enthralling and richly detailed account demonstrates that there was far more going on beneath the surface than is generally known...Larson''s account [of the Lusitania ''s sinking] is the most lucid and suspenseful yet written, and he finds genuine emotional power in the unlucky confluences of forces, ''large and achingly small,'' that set the stage for the ship''s agonizing final moments." -- The Washington Post "Utterly engrossing...Expertly ratcheting up the tension...Larson puts us on board with these people; it''s page-turning history, breathing with life." -- The Seattle Times "Larson has a gift for transforming historical re-creations into popular recreations, and Dead Wake is no exception...[He] provides first-rate suspense, a remarkable achievement given that we already know how this is going to turn out...The tension, in the reader''s easy chair, is unbearable..." -- The Boston Globe "Both terrifying and enthralling. As the two vessels stumble upon each other, the story almost takes on the narrative pulse of Jaws -- the sinking was impossible and inevitable at the same time. At no point do you root for the shark, but Larson''s incredible detail pulls you under and never lets you go." -- Entertainment Weekly "Erik Larson [has] made a career out of turning history into best sellers that read as urgently as thrillers...A meticulous master of non-fiction suspense." --USA Today "[Larson] vividly captures the disaster and the ship''s microcosm, in which the second class seems more appealing than the first." -- The New Yorker "[Larson is] a superb storyteller and a relentless research hound..." --Lev Grossman, TIME "[Larson] proves his mettle again as a weaver of tales of navet, calumny and intrigue. He engagingly sketches life aboard the liner and amply describes the powers'' political situations... The panorama Mr. Larson surveys is impressive, as is the breadth of his research and the length of his bibliography. He can''t miss engaging readers with the curious cast of characters, this ship of fools, and his accounting of the sinking itself and the survivors'' ordeals are the stuff of nightmares., "An intriguing, entirely engrossing investigation into a legendary disaster." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "Factual and personal to a high degree, the narrative reads like a grade-A thriller." -- Booklist , starred review "With a narrative as smooth as the titular passenger liner, Larson delivers a riveting account of one of the most tragic events of WWI...A blunt reminder that war is, at its most basic, a matter of life and death." --Publishers Weekly "Once again, Larson transforms a complex event into a thrilling human interest story. This suspenseful account will entice readers of military and maritime history along with lovers of popular history." --Library Journal, "An intriguing, entirely engrossing investigation into a legendary disaster." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "Factual and personal to a high degree, the narrative reads like a grade-A thriller." -- Booklist , starred review "With a narrative as smooth as the titular passenger liner, Larson delivers a riveting account of one of the most tragic events of WWI...A blunt reminder that war is, at its most basic, a matter of life and death." --Publishers Weekly
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2014
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2014-034182
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Intended Audience
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23
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- Mar 10, 2021Top favourable review
More interesting story than Titanic
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Excellent author; great book for lovers of history novels.
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Great account of the sinking of the Lusitania and how it all came about!
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Non-fiction that reads like a novel
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