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The Resource Dead wake : the last crossing of the Lusitania, Erik Larson
Dead wake : the last crossing of the Lusitania, Erik Larson
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The item Dead wake : the last crossing of the Lusitania, Erik Larson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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- Summary
- From the #1 New York Times 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 sound file)
- Note
- This is an OverDrive title
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780553551631
- Label
- Dead wake : the last crossing of the Lusitania
- Title
- Dead wake
- Title remainder
- the last crossing of the Lusitania
- Statement of responsibility
- Erik Larson
- Subject
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- Downloadable audio books
- Great Britain
- History
- Lusitania (Steamship)
- Lusitania (Steamship)
- Military operations, Naval -- German
- Shipping -- Government policy
- 1900 - 1999
- World War (1914-1918)
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, German
- Shipping -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Audiobooks
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From the #1 New York Times 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
- Accompanying matter
- technical information on music
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1954-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Larson, Erik
- Dewey number
- 940.4/514
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- D592.L8
- LC item number
- L28 2015ab
- Literary text for sound recordings
- history
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by Scott Brick
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Brick, Scott
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lusitania (Steamship)
- World War, 1914-1918
- Shipping
- Lusitania (Steamship)
- World War (1914-1918)
- Military operations, Naval
- Shipping
- Great Britain
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- Dead wake : the last crossing of the Lusitania, Erik Larson
- Note
- This is an OverDrive title
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
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- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn903533627
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 sound file)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9780553551631
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- not applicable
- Kind of material
- unknown
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- Stock number
- F70D6E74-B353-472A-B97C-91F70A08C1F0
- System control number
- (OCoLC)903533627
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- Dead wake : the last crossing of the Lusitania, Erik Larson
- Note
- This is an OverDrive title
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn903533627
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 sound file)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9780553551631
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- not applicable
- Kind of material
- unknown
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- Stock number
- F70D6E74-B353-472A-B97C-91F70A08C1F0
- System control number
- (OCoLC)903533627
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- Downloadable audio books
- Great Britain
- History
- Lusitania (Steamship)
- Lusitania (Steamship)
- Military operations, Naval -- German
- Shipping -- Government policy
- 1900 - 1999
- World War (1914-1918)
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, German
- Shipping -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Audiobooks
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