P & O Orient Liners of the 1950s and 1960s
- ISBN-10
- 1445638304
- ISBN-13
- 9781445638300
- Category
- Transportation
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-10-15
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing Limited
- Author
- William H. Miller
Description
Bill Miller looks back nostalgically at the P&O and Orient Line vessels of the 1950s and 1960s.
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