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Title: Lost Liners by Robert D. Ballard, Rick Archbold, Ken Marschall ISBN: 0-7868-8384-7 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Quite impressive for the layman
Comment: I got the book in a bout post-Titanic-movie excitement. I didn't learn much about the Titanic incident although the pictures are breathtaking. This book has an excellent history of ocean liners from the 1850s through the 1960s in a nutshell, well illustrated with pictures and photographs and was quite informative on other shipwrecks and incidents, including Titanic-twins Britannic and Olympic, on the Lusitania, Andrea Doria, and others. Excellent coffee table book that has generated a lot of excitement from my guests.
Rating: 5
Summary: This book is absolutely beautiful
Comment: Not only is this book beautifully illustrated, it is also beautifully written. Detailing the history of an age long gone, it brings the reader back to a time where shipbuilding and transatlantatic crossings were the blossoming industries of a developing world. And, as the title indicates, it travels through the greatest maritime disasters of history. I devoured this book -- it was one of the most fascinating things I have ever read. The illustrations are breathtaking and horrifically beautiful. It details the sinkings and destructions of the Andrea Doria, the Empress of Ireland, the Britannic, the Lusitania, and the Normandie. It also provides information about ships that did not sink, such as the White Star Line's "Old Reliable" Olympic, and the Cunard beauty Mauretania. And, since the book is by Robert Ballard, the reader is also privy to information about the discovery of each wreck.
Rating: 5
Summary: Lost but not Forgotten
Comment: Another nice big coffee table book about the great oceanliner era of the 1840s to 1960s that can be read by everyone.
As this is a book about the most famous wrecks, it natually follows the plot of the before, during, and aftermath format but doesn't delve too deeply into each ships famous demise.
The most popular aspect that I found appealing was the use of those magnificeint artist pictures (of the wrecks as they are today) that the author has used in his many other puplications.
In fact this book is a useful introduction for anyone, especially the young, interested in exploring into this often overplayed subject.
This book is a great accompaniment to the author's other works in this subject.
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Title: Exploring the Lusitania: Probing the Mysteries of the Sinking That Changed History by Robert D. Ballard, Spencer Dunmore ISBN: 0446518514 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Return to Midway: The Quest to Find the Yorktown and the Other Lost Ships from the Pivotal Battle of the Pacific War by Robert D. Ballard, Rick Archbold, Ken Marschall ISBN: 0792275004 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Ghost Liners: Exploring the World's Greatest Lost Ships by Dr. Robert D. Ballard ISBN: 0316080209 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Lost Subs by Spencer Dunmore, Jonathan Blair, Brian Skerry ISBN: 0306811405 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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