Dead Wake

By Erik Larson

Subjects: Military operations, naval--german, German Naval operations, Naval Military operations, World war, 1914-1918--casualties, D592.l8 l28 2015, Civilian war casualties, World War, 1914-1918, Lusitania (steamship), Naval operations, Government policy, New York Times bestseller, Lusitania (Steamship), Civilian war casualties--case studies, World war, 1914-1918--naval operations--submarine, Shipping--government policy--history, World war, 1914-1918--atrocities, New York Times reviewed, World war (1914-1918), 940.4/514, Casualties, World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746, Shipping--government policy, History, German, World war, 1914-1918--naval operations, german, nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2015-03-29, World war, 1914-1918, naval operations, submarine, Shipping--government policy--great britain--history--20th century, Shipping

Description: 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, Dead Wake 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.