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Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Although it is a detailed nonfiction account of the lusitania tragedy, the book is. Dead wake brings to life a cast of evocative characters from famed boston bookseller charles lauriat to pioneering female architect theodate pope to. The last crossing of the lusitania by erik larson 2015, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. The last crossing of the lusitania by erik larson includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 54 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. The last crossing of the lusitania by bestselling author erik larson offers a detailed look into the may 7, 1915 sinking of the british passenger ship the lusitania by a german uboat near the start of wwi. Dead wake follows larsons successful script of painstaking research, extensive and absorbing detail, and, most of all, suspenseful storytelling. A surprising exploration into the wonder of consciousness, sy montgomery a river runs through it, norman maclean the hidden life of trees. The last crossing of the lusitania, erik larson nature and the environment the soul of an octopus. Early life born in brooklyn, larson grew up in freeport, long island, new york. Erik larsons dead wake, about the lusitania the new york. It was called the magnificent ship standing seven stories from dock to bridge and consuming coal at a rate of 140 tons a day while just standing still.
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Erik larsons latest work of narrative nonfiction is dead wake. The pride of the cunard line a swift greyhound set sail from new york on may 1, 1915, for a transatlantic crossing with nearly 2,000 passengers. Dead wake the last crossing of the lusitania by erik larson. The book looks at the sinking of lusitania during world war i and the events surrounding the sinking.
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