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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Gift message from author. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The Only Way to Cross John Maxtone- Graham’s classic history of the great transatlantic liners was published twenty years ago followed in 1985 by Liners to the Sun his colorful sequel about life aboard cruise ships. Now with Crossing & Cruis- ing he completes his definitive survey of passenger-ship travel showing how the elegant “crossings” of the past gave way to the extravagant cruises of today. From the steerage ordeal of emigrants bound for New York to the “huddled mas- ses” who sail on seven-day cruises Maxtone-Graham ranges back and forth over the years re-creating the grandeur of a lost era and detailing the corporate maneuvers of the 1980s. Here are the ships and their stories: the stellar career of Aquitania the great four-stacker that sur- vived three million sea miles and two world wars; the art deco luxe of Normandie French dream liner of the 1930s; and the rebirth of fabled France as Norway closing the circle on an immortal ship that once crossed but now cruises. Here too are the marvels and problems of contemporary cruising: the sleek lines of customized ships the crews that man them and the corporate high jinks that drive the industry to seek ever larger markets. (SP)