Serving on the big ships : life on the liners / William H. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, William H., 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ocean liners--History--20th century.

Ocean liners.

Passenger ships--History--20th century.

Passenger ships.

Ocean travel--History--20th century.

Ocean travel.

Physical Description:

127 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

[Stroud, Gloucestershire] ; [Charleston, South Carolina] : Fonthill Media, [2024]

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Publisher locations from publisher website.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781781558973

1781558973

OCLC:

1395067005

Publisher Number:

90100654693