Conquest of the Atlantic: Cunard Liners of the 1950s and 1960s
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (639 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00T0V3SI6 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 217 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He has been a popular guest lecturer onboard such liners as the QE2, Queen Mary 2, Rotterdam and Crystal Serenity for over thirty years. Miller has been the recipient of numerous maritime awards. Miller has written over eighty books on passenger ships. William H. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, just across from the great liner piers of New York City, Miller has appeared in numerous television documentaries and news p
Miller has been the recipient of numerous maritime awards. . He has been a popular guest lecturer onboard such liners as the QE2, Queen Mary 2, Rotterdam and Crystal Serenity for over thirty years. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, just across from the great liner piers of New York City, Miller has appeared in numerous television documentaries and news programmes, and has been the subject of a one-hour documentary titled Mr Ocean Liner. He has covered liners large and small, in war and peace, and as collectibles and in postcard form. About the Author William H. Miller has also penned over 1,000 articles on ships and sea travel. Miller has written over eighty books on passenger ships
"A Bill Miller book in the Best Tradition" according to Eric Rogers. Yet another entry from Mr. Ocean Liner himself. Chances are if your reading this you have bought a Bill Miller book before and know pretty much what they are like. Lots of great pictures and entertaining text, but GENERALLY not a huge amount of new information. Lots of nice interviews with former passengers and crew sharing their stories. A very good assortment of color photos covering Cunards postwar fleet. A worthy addition to your ocean liner collection.. Five Stars SIMON WILLIAMS Great book!
The Cunard 'cast' of the late 1950s includes such celebrated ocean liners such as Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth as well as others like Mauretania, Caronia, Britannic, Saxonia and small ships including the Media and Parthia. Conquest of the Atlantic: Cunard Liners of the 1950s and 1960s is the story of these great ships that are all still remembered with much fondness and of the life onboard them. The final 'golden age' on the Atlantic run between Europe and North America was in the 1950s when the company slogan 'Getting there was half the fun' seemed so apt. Cunard would face furious competition with jet