TITLE:
Transatlantic : Samuel Cunard, Isambard Brunel, and the great Atlantic steamships / Stephen Fox.
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Publication Date:
2003
Publication Information:
New York : HarperCollins,
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
493 p. : ill.
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Summary:
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. Set against the classic tension of modern technology contending with a formidable natural environment, the story is rife with disasters. The key element is steam power: the universal, magical, transforming microchip of the nineteenth century.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780060195953
