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"Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania" by Erik Larson recounts the tragic sinking of the RMS Lusitania during World War I. The book interweaves the narrative of the ship's final journey with the broader context of the war and the geopolitical tensions of the...
Its 300 stokers, trimmers, and firemen, working 100 per shift, would shovel 1,000 tons of coal a day into its 192 furnaces to heat its 25 boilers and generate enough superheated steam to spin the immense turbines of its engines.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Its 300 stokers, trimmers, and firemen, working 100 per shift, would shovel 1,000 tons of coal a day into its 192 furnaces to heat its 25 boilers and generate enough superheated steam to spin the immense turbines of its engines.
They looked more like day laborers than seamen.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
They looked more like day laborers than seamen.
I always thought a shipwreck was a well-organized affair, but I've learned the devil a lot in the last five minutes.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
I always thought a shipwreck was a well-organized affair, but I've learned the devil a lot in the last five minutes.
Whether out of professional pique or some instinct of fear, the ship's mascot-a cat named Dowie, after Captain Turner's predecessor-fled the ship that night, for points unknown.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Whether out of professional pique or some instinct of fear, the ship's mascot-a cat named Dowie, after Captain Turner's predecessor-fled the ship that night, for points unknown.
The essence of war is violence and moderation in war is imbecility. -Admiral Jacky Fisher of the British Navy
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
The essence of war is violence and moderation in war is imbecility. -Admiral Jacky Fisher of the British Navy
He disliked the social obligations of the captaincy.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
He disliked the social obligations of the captaincy.
My between-books strategy was reading voraciously and on a whim.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
My between-books strategy was reading voraciously and on a whim.
expected, well suited to Germany's guerrilla
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
expected, well suited to Germany's guerrilla
most likely explanation is that there was indeed a plot, however imperfect, to endanger the Lusitania in order to involve the United States in the war.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
most likely explanation is that there was indeed a plot, however imperfect, to endanger the Lusitania in order to involve the United States in the war.
constantly keep in mind that whatever has happened
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
constantly keep in mind that whatever has happened
But within a week, the brush fire gusted into a firestorm, spiking fears, resurrecting animosities, triggering alliances and understandings, and setting long-laid plans in motion.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
But within a week, the brush fire gusted into a firestorm, spiking fears, resurrecting animosities, triggering alliances and understandings, and setting long-laid plans in motion.
The war began with the geopolitical equivalent of a brush fire.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
The war began with the geopolitical equivalent of a brush fire.
THE SUBMARINE as a weapon had come a long way by this time, certainly to the point where it killed its own crews only rarely.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
THE SUBMARINE as a weapon had come a long way by this time, certainly to the point where it killed its own crews only rarely.
there existed a widespread, if naive, belief that war of the kind that had convulsed Europe in past centuries had become obsolete-that the economies of nations were so closely connected with one another that even if a war were to begin, it would end quickly. Capital
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
there existed a widespread, if naive, belief that war of the kind that had convulsed Europe in past centuries had become obsolete-that the economies of nations were so closely connected with one another that even if a war were to begin, it would end quickly. Capital
Oh, so many things swarmed in my thoughts," she wrote; "and yet each time I was with him I felt the charm of his presence.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Oh, so many things swarmed in my thoughts," she wrote; "and yet each time I was with him I felt the charm of his presence.
There are some things I must try to say before the still watches come again in which the things unsaid hurt so and cry out in the heart to be uttered.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
There are some things I must try to say before the still watches come again in which the things unsaid hurt so and cry out in the heart to be uttered.
In losing her he lost not merely his main source of companionship but also his primary adviser, whose observations he had found so useful in helping shape his own thinking.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
In losing her he lost not merely his main source of companionship but also his primary adviser, whose observations he had found so useful in helping shape his own thinking.
The company had a remarkable safety record: not a single passenger death from sinking, collision, ice, weather, fire, or any other circumstance where blame could be laid upon captain or company
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
The company had a remarkable safety record: not a single passenger death from sinking, collision, ice, weather, fire, or any other circumstance where blame could be laid upon captain or company
Edith wrote later, This was the accidental meeting which carried out the old adage of 'turn a corner and meet your fate.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Edith wrote later, This was the accidental meeting which carried out the old adage of 'turn a corner and meet your fate.
It was conceived out of hubris and anxiety, at a time-1903-when Britain feared it was losing the race for dominance of the passenger-ship industry.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
It was conceived out of hubris and anxiety, at a time-1903-when Britain feared it was losing the race for dominance of the passenger-ship industry.
Unmistakable and invulnerable, a floating village in steel, the Lusitania glided by in the night as a giant black shadow cast upon the sea.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Unmistakable and invulnerable, a floating village in steel, the Lusitania glided by in the night as a giant black shadow cast upon the sea.
One woman, Margaret Gwyer, a young newlywed from Saskatoon, Canada, was sucked into one of the ship's 24-foot-wide funnels. Moments later an eruption of steam from below shot her back out, alive but covered in black soot.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
One woman, Margaret Gwyer, a young newlywed from Saskatoon, Canada, was sucked into one of the ship's 24-foot-wide funnels. Moments later an eruption of steam from below shot her back out, alive but covered in black soot.
of mounting threat.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
of mounting threat.
THE TRAIN CARRYING THE BODY OF ELLEN AXSON Wilson pulled into the station at Rome, Georgia, at 2:30 in the afternoon, Tuesday, August 11, 1914, under gunmetal skies, amid the peal of bells.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
THE TRAIN CARRYING THE BODY OF ELLEN AXSON Wilson pulled into the station at Rome, Georgia, at 2:30 in the afternoon, Tuesday, August 11, 1914, under gunmetal skies, amid the peal of bells.
I FIRST STARTED READING about the Lusitania on a whim, following my between-books strategy of reading voraciously and promiscuously.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
I FIRST STARTED READING about the Lusitania on a whim, following my between-books strategy of reading voraciously and promiscuously.
following my between-books strategy of reading voraciously and promiscuously. What
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
following my between-books strategy of reading voraciously and promiscuously. What
Germany issued a proclamation designating the waters around the British Isles an "area of war" in which all enemy ships would be subject to attack without warning.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Germany issued a proclamation designating the waters around the British Isles an "area of war" in which all enemy ships would be subject to attack without warning.
most sailors still held the belief that there was no point in knowing how to swim, since it would only prolong your suffering. Turner
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
most sailors still held the belief that there was no point in knowing how to swim, since it would only prolong your suffering. Turner
A single German submarine, Unterseeboot-9-U-9, for short-commanded by Kptlt. Otto Weddigen, had sunk all three ships, killing 1,459 British sailors, many of them young men in their teens.
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
A single German submarine, Unterseeboot-9-U-9, for short-commanded by Kptlt. Otto Weddigen, had sunk all three ships, killing 1,459 British sailors, many of them young men in their teens.
my between-books strategy of reading voraciously and promiscuously. What
Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
my between-books strategy of reading voraciously and promiscuously. What
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