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8-page photo section 6 x 9 Unravels the mystery of the tragic event that drew the U.S. into World War I Provides rare first-person accounts from survivors of the disaster The sinking of the Lusitania has long been perceived as the reason the United States went to war in 1917. But according to Daniel Allen Butler, author of Unsinkable, the story is much more complex. Butler makes extensive use of primary accounts, letting the participants tell their stories in their own words. More than simply chronicling the events leading up the sinking, The Lusitania follows the rescue and fate of the people aboard her; recounts the inquiry after the sinking, led by none other than Lord Mersey of the Titanic inquiry fame; and explains why and how the sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-20 set the tone for the twentieth century's interpretation of "total war." Daniel Allen Butler, the son of a former merchant marine seaman, is the author of Unsinkable: The Full Story of RMS Titanic (0-8117-1814-X). He currently resides in in Atlantic Beach, Florida.


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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.4514
EAN: 9780811709897
ISBN: 0811709892
Label: Stackpole Books
Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2000-10
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Studio: Stackpole Books


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy
• Exploring the Lusitania: Probing the Mysteries of the Sinking That Changed History
• Sinking of the Lusitania
• "Unsinkable": The Full Story of the RMS Titanic
• Inside the Titanic (A Giant Cutaway Book)


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Summary: Poorly researched
Comment: Daniel Butler's Titanic book was panned by the Titanic community due to it's reliance on the same old Titanic sources, re-wording (but properly attributed) of other author's text, and personal opinion. These qualities are evident in his Lusitania book as well. A glance at the bibliography shows that his book is no different from any other Lusitania book preceding it. Same books such as Hoehling, Simpson, Hickey, Ryan are used ad nauseum. There is nothing original in the text of this book that could not be found in another book. The practice of combining research from other books versus going outside the usual sources is a poor one and shows that lazy research is all you need to put out a book.
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Summary: best book on lusitania
Comment: this is the best book on lusitania book.this book is more than telling you about what lead up to the sinken but following rescue and fate of the people aboard her that tragic trip.
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Summary: Lusitania
Comment: After putting the sinking of the Lusitania into historical context, author David Butler delineates in harrowing detail the ship's final moments, recreating for the reader a mind's eye image of what must have ocurred aboard ship during this pivotal event in world history. His description of the minute by minute efforts of the passengers to survive (the ship sank in only 18 minutes!) his 85 pages of sinking description mark a high point in this type of writing. You'll never need to read another account of a ship's sinking after "witnessing" this one! It just couldn't have been written better. A masterful job on all counts, the author is to be commended not only on his attention to the details of historical perspective, but as well to his understanding of human emotions brought to the very brink of existence. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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Summary: a good history lesson
Comment: A note to readers -- the first half of this book is more of a chronicle of WW I than an account of the Lusitania. If you're just a disaster buff, you'll probably like the Titanic stories better than this. The author explains in his final note that he deliberately focused on the historical context and meaning of this event rather than the minutia of the sinking itself (as he does in his Titanic book). I personally enjoyed the WWI refresher. There are still many unanswered questions about the ship's death -- did Churchill deliberately let it be struck to draw the US into battle? We may never know. The author does a nice job of putting this event in context. The sinking chapters are shorter than you'd think (heck, the ship went down in 18 minutes) but there is a lot of juicy background stuff here.

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