{"product_id":"dead-wake-the-last-crossing-of-the-lusitania-9780804194617","title":"Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the \u003ci\u003eLusitania\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Both terrifying and enthralling.\"--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eThrilling, dramatic and powerful.\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e--NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eThoroughly engrossing.\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e--George R.R. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, 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 surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. For months, German U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the \u003ci\u003eLusitania\u003c\/i\u003e was one of the era's great transatlantic \"Greyhounds\"--the fastest liner then in service--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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGermany, however, was determined to change the rules of the game, and Walther Schwieger, the captain of \u003ci\u003eUnterseeboot\u003c\/i\u003e-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 \u003ci\u003eLusitania\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is a story that many of us think we know but don't, and Erik Larson tells it thrillingly, switching between hunter and hunted while painting a larger portrait of America at the height of the Progressive Era. Full of glamour and suspense, \u003ci\u003eDead Wake\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life a cast of evocative characters, from famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat to pioneering female architect Theodate Pope to President Woodrow Wilson, a man lost to grief, dreading the widening war but also captivated by the prospect of new love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gripping and important, \u003ci\u003eDead Wake\u003c\/i\u003e captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster whose intimate details and true meaning have long been obscured by history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Washington State Book Award - One of the Best Books of the Year: \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Miami Herald, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, LibraryReads, Indigo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erik Larson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Large Print Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804194617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e185200 \/ Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErik Larson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four national bestsellers: \u003ci\u003eIn the Garden of Beasts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThunderstruck\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the White City\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIsaac's Storm\u003c\/i\u003e, which have collectively sold more than 5.5 million copies. 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