Seize the Trident
Author | : Douglas R. Burgess |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2005 |
ISBN-10 | : 0071430091 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780071430098 |
Rating | : 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "The superliners of the Gilded Age so eclipsed their predecessors in size, splendor, and speed that they remain potent symbols of elegance, arrogance, and industrial might nearly a century after the last ones were built. They carried a flood of immigrants to America even as they reflected and magnified the frightening forces that were pushing Europe blindly into World War I. In a crowning irony, Germany's prize liners were used against her to carry American doughboys to the trenches of Europe." "Seize the Trident is a parable of imperial ambitions and ultimate tragedy set against the ostentatious backdrop of the Edwardian age, when dreams had no limits and the only standard of supremacy was excess."--BOOK JACKET.