The Great Liners

The Great Liners by Melvin Maddox. Published by Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardbound, no DJ. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). Condition: VG. Discarded Library Book. 176 Pgs. ISBN 0809426641. LCCN 78-1366. Illustrated with black & white and color photos and drawings. The names alone were enough to evoke an aura of epic size and majesty - the Leviathan, the Titanic, the Queen Mary, the Ile de France, the Normandie. There were dozens more. They were the great liners. And in the decades between the turn of the century and the thunder of the jet age, they ruled the North Atlantic shipping lanes, transporting passengers by the millions back and forth between Europe and the United States. They were the largest objects that ever moved, and the most complex - the ultimate expression of the Industrial Revolution. Description text copyright 2015 BooksForComfort. Item ID 30570.