Crossing & Cruising: From the Golden Era of Ocean Liners to the Luxury Cruise Ships of Today,Used

Crossing & Cruising: From the Golden Era of Ocean Liners to the Luxury Cruise Ships of Today,Used

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The Only Way to Cross, John MaxtoneGraham's classic history of the great transatlantic liners, was published twenty years ago, followed in 1985 by Liners to the Sun, his colorful sequel about life aboard cruise ships. Now, with Crossing & Cruising, he completes his definitive survey of passengership travel, showing how the elegant 'crossings' of the past gave way to the extravagant cruises of today.From the steerage ordeal of emigrants bound for New York to the 'huddled masses' who sail on sevenday cruises, MaxtoneGraham ranges back and forth over the years, recreating the grandeur of a lost era and detailing the corporate maneuvers of the 1980s. Here are the ships and their stories: the stellar career of Aquitania, the great fourstacker that survived three million sea miles and two world wars; the art deco luxe of Normandie, French dream liner of the 193Os; and the rebirth of fabled France as Norway, closing the circle on an immortal ship that once crossed but now cruises. Here, too, are the marvels and problems of contemporary cruising: the sleek lines of customized ships, the crews that man them, and the corporate high jinks that drive the industry to seek ever larger markets.More than just vivid social history, Crossing & Cruising cultures what it was really like on board then and now the sophisticated ambience of Cunard and White Star, the crowded squalor belowdecks, and the Formica and glass of today's liners. Rich in detail, broad in scope, Crossing & Cruising is a voyage in itself, evoking salt air, cabin lore, deckchair wisdom, shipyard savvy, and marketing guile. Sail as a fellow passenger with an entertaining guide who knows his ships well and loves them all.

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