Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner

Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner
ISBN-10
0393061205
ISBN-13
9780393061208
Series
Normandie
Category
History
Pages
259
Language
English
Published
2007
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Author
John Maxtone-Graham

Description

A lavishly photographed tribute to the ill-fated steamship documents every aspect of the vessel's design, construction, and service, offering insight into its struggles to attract passengers and the events that culminated in its fiery end at New York's Pier 88.

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