Serving on the Big Ships by William H Miller

Serving on the Big Ships by William H Miller

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This collection of stories shows passenger liners, large and small as well as famous and obscure, through the eyes of officers & crew, with tales of the great Cunarders, P&O, Holland America & Union Castle liners, providing added insight, understanding, and even color to these liners of another age. It is a voyage along maritime memory lane.

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Serving on the Big Ships by William H Miller

"Serving on the Big Ships: Life on the Liners" looks at passenger ship history from the perspective of recollections, impressions, and anecdotes of those who sailed these fine, but largely bygone vessels. It covers the last golden age of ocean liner travel, beginning in the 1950s and continuing into the 1970s and '80s. It reflects a pre-airline age-when passengers sailed from A to B, from port to port. It was before liners turned to cruising and where ports were more entertainment than destination. Staff members - from captains to stewards-recall the likes of Cunard & Holland-America on the North Atlantic, the Italian Line to the Mediterranean, Royal Mail Lines to South America, Union-Castle to Africa and P&O-Orient to Australia & the Far East.
Bill Miller is known widely as "Mr Ocean Liner." He has written over 100 books about passenger ships and has authored over 1,000 newspaper and magazine articles. He is a popular guest lecturer aboard modern-day liners and cruise ships. He has sailed on over 450 voyages on some 200 different ships. The recipient of numerous awards, he has also been the subject of a one-hour documentary called Mr Ocean Liner. He has helped found the Museum of the American Merchant Marine, created the passenger ship database for the Ellis Island Museum and been Curator for 20th Century Shipping at New York's South Street Seaport Museum.
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ISBN 13 9781781558973
ISBN 10 1781558973
Titel Serving on the Big Ships
Autor William H Miller
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Fonthill Media Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr 2024-03-05
Seitenanzahl 128
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