The Cunard Story

Author : Chris Frame
Publisher : History PressLtd
ISBN 13 : 9780752459141
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cunard Story written by Chris Frame and published by History PressLtd. This book was released on 2011 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1840, Cunard ships have been transiting the North Atlantic with speed, grace and elegance. These great ships helped to populate nations, served during both world wars and have transported millions of passengers, amongst them celebrities, politicians and royalty. Through tales of ships such as Britannia, Lusitania, Mauretania, Aquitania and the immortal Queens, The Cunard Story gives readers an insight into the heritage of this historic line. Today the Cunard Line operates a fleet of modern ships, offering passengers exciting and varied itineraries to exotic locations across the globe. The Cunard Story is a must-have for all maritime historians and ocean-travellers, especially those with affection for this historic line and its grand vessels.

Author : Peter Newall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781901703245
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cunard Line written by Peter Newall and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Boileau
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780887807121
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Samuel Cunard written by John Boileau and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2006-10-16 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated biography of a Canadian who sparked a world transportation revolution In North America, the name Cunard is synonymous with shipping. This book traces the entrepreneurial rise of Samuel Cunard who, for decades, ruled a shipping empire on the North Atlantic. By the time Cunard died in 1865, he had witnessed the emergence of steamships, developed trade links with China and helped establish the Quebec and Halifax Steam Navigation Company. He was a director of the Bank of British North America and bought huge tracts of land in PEI. He won the transatlantic mail service contract between Britain and North America, and built several of the most luxurious steamships of the day. His ships helped Britain in the Crimean War and he became Sir Samuel Cunard for his support of the war effort. The Cunard line which he founded was long a major force in the development of international travel. This book combines the Cunard story with 150+ colour and black and white visuals covering Cunard's life and the subsequent history of his company. A fascinating and readable account of the brilliance and determination of one man who played an innovative role in world transportation history.

Author : Chris Frame
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780750990028
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cunard Colouring Book written by Chris Frame and published by History Press. This book was released on 2019-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stunning illustrations to colour in, charting the history and heritage of the Cunard Line

Author : John Maxtone-Graham
Publisher : Bulfinch Press
ISBN 13 : 0821228846
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Queen Mary 2 written by John Maxtone-Graham and published by Bulfinch Press. This book was released on 2004-04-28 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book documents the creation, from keel laying to christening, of one of the most ambitious passenger vessels of all time, Cunard Line's new flagship, the Queen Mary 2. The story of the Queen Mary 2 is told by noted maritime historian John Maxtone-Graham, whose engaging text takes us through the building of the ship and details its world-class amenities.

Author : Ronald W. Warwick
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393047725
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Qe2 written by Ronald W. Warwick and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of the most thorough book on the legendary "Queen Elizabeth II" includes the refit of the mid-1990s and many new photos of interiors and details. Capt. Warrick begins with the history of the ship and moves forward to the new owner's plans for the future. 150 color photos.

Author : Howard Johnson
Publisher : Conran Octopus
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cunard Story written by Howard Johnson and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 1987 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ross Watton
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cunard Liner, Queen Mary written by Ross Watton and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This popular ship-design series is praised for its superb drawings and comprehensive text. Each book contains over 200 keyed line drawings as well as full descriptions of their design, construction, general arrangement, hull structure, operational history, and much moore. Numerous close-up and on-board photographs help to rekindle memories of these ships' exciting pasts.

Author : Lois Gordon
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 023151137X
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nancy Cunard written by Lois Gordon and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-27 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lois Gordon's absorbing biography tells the story of a writer, activist, and cultural icon who embodied the dazzling energy and tumultuous spirit of her age, and whom William Carlos Williams once called "one of the major phenomena of history." Nancy Cunard (1896-1965) led a life that surpasses Hollywood fantasy. The only child of an English baronet (and heir to the Cunard shipping fortune) and an American beauty, Cunard abandoned the world of a celebrated socialite and Jazz Age icon to pursue a lifelong battle against social injustice as a wartime journalist, humanitarian aid worker, and civil rights champion. Cunard fought fascism on the battlefields of Spain and reported firsthand on the atrocities of the French concentration camps. Intelligent and beautiful, she romanced the great writers of her era, including three Nobel Prize winners, and was the inspiration for characters in the works of Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, Aldous Huxley, Pablo Neruda, Samuel Beckett, and Ernest Hemingway, among others. Cunard was also a prolific poet, publisher, and translator and, after falling in love with a black American jazz pianist, became deeply committed to fighting for black rights. She edited the controversial anthology Negro, the first comprehensive study of the achievement and plight of blacks around the world. Her contributors included Langston Hughes, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Zora Neale Hurston, among scores of others. Cunard's personal life was as complex as her public persona. Her involvement with the civil rights movement led her to be ridiculed and rejected by both family and friends. Throughout her life, she was plagued by insecurities and suffered a series of breakdowns, struggling with a sense of guilt over her promiscuous behavior and her ability to survive so much war and tragedy. Yet Cunard's writings also reveal an immense kindness and wit, as well as her renowned, often flamboyant defiance of prejudiced social conventions. Drawing on diaries, correspondence, historical accounts, and the remembrances of others, Lois Gordon revisits the major movements of the first half of the twentieth century through the life of a truly gifted and extraordinary woman. She also returns Nancy Cunard to her rightful place as a major figure in the historical, social, and artistic events of a critical era.

Author : Chris Frame
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780750993760
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 180 Years of Cunard written by Chris Frame and published by History Press. This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new paperback edition is updated with events over the last 5 years since the 175th anniversary hardback was produced, and includes many colorful new photos. On July 4, 2020, the Cunard Line turned 180. It is without question the most famous transatlantic shipping company and much beloved on both sides of the Atlantic. Throughout its history Cunard has been instrumental in creating the American dream, transporting millions of immigrants to the new world. During both world wars, the Cunard ships answered the call of duty and transported thousands of troops to fight on the sides of the allies. After the Great Depression, Cunard merged with the famous White Star Line to form Cunard-White Star, and the enduring history of this great shipping line has carried on into the 21st century, with the three current Queens celebrating Cunard's heritage.