Liners: The Golden Age
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (728 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3829028628 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 237 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English, German, French |
DESCRIPTION:
An extremely high quality book with excellent photographs. M. Tyler I was extremely impressed by this book. Note that it is largely a picture book, illustrated exclusively with black and white photographs - but what photographs!! When well done, black and white photgraphs are superior to those in color, and the photos in this book are very, very well done and expertly printed on each page.What text there is (and it is printed in English, German, and French) is intelligent, and the each photo has an informative caption (also in all 3 languages).The various Dover picture books by William H. Miller are nice, but I'm afraid they can't hold a candle to this book. This is a very . Nice Pictures! This book may not add a whole lot to the body of knowledge about the great liners, but it is an enjoyable and impressive collection of pictures running from the beginning of the century to the QE2. Some of these pictures I know I have seen before, but many of them were new to me. I thought there were some gaps in the coverage, particularly in the early years of the century, but the coverage evened out somewhat for the post-World War II era. This is not the book for you if you are looking for in-depth coverage: other than a two-page introduction to each of the chapters and captions for the photographs, there. GREAT BOOK FASSIO GIORGIO A REALY GREAT BOOK FOR EVERYONE, ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMANY. WHY THIS, EASY THIS BOOK WITH A UNIMAGINABLE QUANTITY OF PICTURES IS MADED IN THESE THREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE.IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A BOOK WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE VERY HISTORY OF OCEAN LINER WITH THE REAL LIFE ON BOARD THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU. START FROM THE FIRST YEARS OF THIS CENTURY IT'S ARRIVE AT THE END OF SIXTY THIS BOOK IS A PHOTO REPORTAGE OF THE OCEAN LINER.
In an age when a sea voyage stood for adventure, escape, and for some the prospect of a new life in a strange land, ocean liners with their glamour and prestige more than captured the imagination. From first class to steerage, deck games to banquets, from the celebrations of maiden voyages to the adversity of disaster in both war and peace, this book contains over 350 photographs from the Hulton Getty Picture Collection. Also in three languages: English, German and French.. Rivalries between nations abounded, epitomized by the race for the Atlantic and the prized Blue Riband, and reflected in the names of many of the ocean giants: Vaterland, Britannic, Ile de France. This book chronicles the great era of ocean line travel from the close of the nineteenth century to t