Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

Description:

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.

subjects: World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746,  World War, 1914-1918,  Government policy,  German,  Lusitania (Steamship),  Shipping,  Naval Military operations,  Naval operations,  History,  Casualties,  German Naval operations,  World war, 1914-1918, naval operations, submarine,  nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2015-03-29,  New York Times bestseller,  New York Times reviewed,  World war (1914-1918),  World war, 1914-1918--naval operations, german,  Shipping--government policy--history,  Shipping--government policy--great britain--history--20th century,  Military operations, naval--german,  Shipping--government policy,  World war, 1914-1918--naval operations--submarine,  World war, 1914-1918--atrocities,  World war, 1914-1918--casualties,  Civilian war casualties,  Civilian war casualties--case studies,  D592.l8 l28 2015,  940.4/514,  Submarine,  Atrocities,  Case studies,  World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01180746

Places: Great Britain

Times: 20th century