| Transatlantic: Samuel Cunard, Isambard Brunel, and the Great Atlantic Steamships Contributor(s): Fox, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 006095549X ISBN-13: 9780060955496 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: Historian Fox pens a stirring narrative of the rapid development of the great transatlantic steamships--from paddle wheelers to the sleek luxury greyhounds of the modern era--and the men who designed and ran them. Two 16-page photo inserts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - History - Transportation | Navigation - History | Europe - Great Britain - Victorian Era (1837-1901) |
| Dewey: 387.509 |
| LCCN: 2002191928 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.46" W x 8.94" (1.37 lbs) 493 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: During the nineteenth century, the roughest but most important ocean passage in the world lay between Britain and the United States. Bridging the Atlantic Ocean by steamship was a defining, remarkable feat of the era. Over time, Atlantic steamships became the largest, most complex machines yet devised. They created a new transatlantic world of commerce and travel, reconciling former Anglo-American enemies and bringing millions of emigrants who transformed the United States. In Transatlantic, the experience of crossing the Atlantic is re-created in stunning detail from the varied perspectives of first class, steerage, officers, and crew. The dynamic evolution of the Atlantic steamer is traced from Brunel's Great Western of 1838 to Cunard's Mauretania of 1907, the greatest steamship ever built. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fox, Stephen: - Stephen Fox, a freelance historian, is the author of five previous books. He lives near Boston, Massachusetts. |
