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Dead wake [sound recording] : the last crossing of the Lusitania / Erik Larson.

Larson, Erik, 1954- (author.). Brick, Scott, (narrator.).

Summary:

"On May 1, 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were anxious. Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone, and for months, its U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the Lusitania was one of the era's great transatlantic "Greyhounds" and her captain, William Thomas Turner, placed tremendous faith in the gentlemanly strictures of warfare that for a century had kept civilian ships safe from attack. He knew, moreover, that his ship-- the fastest then in service-- could outrun any threat. Germany, however, was determined to change the rules of the game, and Walther Schwieger, the captain of Unterseeboot-20, was happy to oblige. Meanwhile, an ultra-secret British intelligence unit tracked Schwieger's U-boat, but told no one. As U-20 and the Lusitania made their way toward Liverpool, an array of forces, both grand and achingly small-- hubris, a chance fog, a closely guarded secret, and more-- all converged to produce one of the great disasters of history"-- provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780553551648
  • ISBN: 0553551647
  • ISBN: 9780553551624
  • ISBN: 0553551620
  • Physical Description: 11 audio discs (approx. 13 hours) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Books on Tape : 2015.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Mining suspense -- A word from the captain -- "Bloody monkeys" -- Jump rope and caviar -- Dead wake -- The black soul -- The sea of secrets -- Epilogue: personal effects.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director, Tony Hudz.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Scott Brick.
Source of Description Note:
Subtitle from container.
Subject:
Lusitania (Steamship)
World War, 1914-1918 > Naval operations, German.
Shipping > Government policy > Great Britain > History > 20th century.

Available copies

  • 42 of 42 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library CDBOOK 940.451 L (Text) 39493107708101 Adult Audiobook Available -
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