Search Type
  • All
  • Subject
  • Title
  • Author
  • Publisher
  • Series Title
Search Title

Download

Dead Wake

The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

Dead Wake( )
Author: Larson, Erik
ISBN:978-0-606-38982-2
Publication Date:Mar 2016
Publisher:Turtleback
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $29.40
Book Description:

On May 1st, 1915 the Lusitania set sail on its final voyage. That it was sunk by a German U-boat will be news to few¿and Larson¿s challenge is to craft a historical narrative leading up to the thrilling, if known, conclusion, building anticipation in his readers along the way. To his credit, he makes the task look easy. Focusing on the politics of WWI, on nautical craftsmanship and strategy, and on key players in the eventual attack and sinking of the ¿fast, comfortable, and beloved¿...
More Description

Book Details
Pages:480
Detailed Subjects: Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History
History / Wars & Conflicts / World War I
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.2 x 8 x 1 Inches
Author Biography
Larson, Erik (Author)
Erik Larson was born in Brooklyn on January 3, 1954. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania and went to graduate school at Columbia University. Larson worked for the Wall Street Journal and then began writing non-fiction books. He is the bestselling author of the National Book Award finalist and Edgar Award-winning, The Devil in the White City, which has been optioned for a feature film by Leonardo DiCaprio. He also wrote In the Garden of the Beasts, Issac's Storm, Thunderstruck and The Naked Consumer.

Larson has taught non-fiction writing at San Francisco State University, the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars, and the University of Oregon.

030



Featured Books

The Great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Hardback: $20.00
Good and Mad
Traister, Rebecca
Paperback: $18.00
The Velveteen Rabbit
Williams, Margery
Paperback: $9.95

Rate this title:

Select your rating below then click 'submit'.






I do not wish to rate this title.