Exploring the Lusitania: Probing the Mysteries of the Sinking that Changed History (1995)

Author: Robert D. Ballard and Spencer Dunmore

Title: Exploring the Lusitania: Probing the Mysteries of the Sinking that Changed History

Edition: 1st

Format: Hardcover

Pages: 227

ISBN: 0-446-51851-4

DCN: 940.4'514--dc20

Publisher: Warner Books, Incorporated

Location: New York

Pub. Date: September 1995

Language: English US

Subjects: 1. Lusitania (Steamship). 2. Shipwrecks -- History -- 20th Century.

Description: Illustrated with over 300 photos, many in color, charts, paintings, and a four-page gatefold.

Notes: "A Warner/Madison Press Book", Includes bibliographic references and index.

Size: 9" x 11 1/8"

Dust Jacket: Yes

List Price: US$45.00

Synopsis: On May 7, 1915, the fastest, most luxurious cruise ship in the Cunard line, the Lusitania, was sunk by a German U-boat, spurring U.S. involvement in World War I. Now, best-selling author/researcher Robert Ballard probes the decades-old controversy surrounding this pivotal maritime tragedy.

Main Title: Exploring the Lusitania : probing the mysteries of the sinking that changed history / Robert D. Ballard, with Spencer Dunmore; paintings by Ken Marshall; historical consultation by Eric Sauder.