Author: Cunard Lines Ltd. R.M.S. CaroniaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Great World Cruise of 1958
Author: Cunard Lines Ltd. R.M.S. CaroniaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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The Good Years
Author: Walter LordPublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453238433
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 535
Book Description
This New York Times bestseller by the author of A Night to Remember explores America in the years between the Gilded Age and the beginning of the Great War. Though remarkable in their own right, the first fifteen years of the 1900s had the misfortune of being sandwiched between—and overshadowed by—the Gilded Age and the First World War. In The Good Years, Walter Lord remedies this neglect, bringing to vivid life the events of 1900 to 1914, when industrialization made staggering advances, and the Wright brothers captured the world’s imagination. Lord writes of Newport and Fifth Avenue, where the rich lived gaily and without much worry beyond the occasional economic panic. He also delves into the sweatshops of the second industrial revolution, where impoverished laborers and children suffered under unimaginable conditions. From the assassination of President McKinley to the hot and lazy “last summer” before the outbreak of war, Lord writes with insight and humor about the uniquely American energy and enthusiasm of those years before the Great War would forever change the world. From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Incredible Victory and Day of Infamy, this is an “informative and entertaining” journey through an often-overlooked period of history at the beginning of the twentieth century (The New York Times).
The Good Years
Author: Harold D. LasswellPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351482041
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
The period between 1900 and the First World War could be called the Confident Years, the Buoyant Years, the Spirited Years, or named after some bright, hopeful color, like the Golden Years. It could be done, but such tags are the invention of pundits, social historians, and professional name coiners. To the many varied people who lived through the era--the men and women who wistfully recall marching for suffrage, rebuilding San Francisco, or cheering wildly for Woodrow Wilson--the age was remembered as the Good Years. It was a time of triumph (the Wright brothers) and of tragedy (the Titanic). Days of wealth (a $200,000 ball) and of poverty (a child in a cotton mill earning $3.54 a week). But through it all ran an exciting thread of boundless confidence and hope. No one ever accused the people of that period of national indifference. It is this spirit of uncontested optimism, along with the pageant of great events, that makes this book such rewarding reading. In gathering his material, Walter Lord pored over letters, diaries, unpublished reminiscences, even Pinkerton reports, filled with fascinating and, until now, unknown detail. He traveled thousands of miles and interviewed the people who lived through the period. He met with individuals who firmly believed they had been given the greatest experience anyone could ever have; they knew and enjoyed the years when there was no limit to what we could and would do. Lord's attention to first-hand sources makes this book vivid and timeless. And Leslie Lenkowsky's new introduction adds contemporary dimension to this classic work.
The Great White Fleet
Author: Robert A. HartPublisher: Boston : Little, Brown
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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The Rotarian
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.
The Rotarian
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.
Recollections of the Inaugural Around the World Cruise by the S.S. Statendam January-April 1958
Author: Holland Amerika LijnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Rotarian
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.
Recollections of the Inaugural Around the World Cruise by the S.s. Statendam, January - April 1958
Author: The New Yorker
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ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 1718
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