By Richard de Kerbrech
From Baird Maritime:
If you were the owner of the ill-fated 'Titanic' you will inevitably be well known. If you were in business from, roughly, 1853 until 1933 you would also become well known. If you were owned for a time by Mr J. Pierpont Morgan, you would also probably be well known.
Liverpool's White Star Line was all of these and more. It also lost many more of its ships in addition to the 'Titanic'. It lost quite a few crew and passengers along the way as well.
In other words, the White Star Line had quite an eventful eight decades in business before it finally succumbed to the Great Depression.
The White Star business and its ships, many of which were contemporary world leaders, is very well described in this excellent book. Replete with high quality photographs and a well-researched text, it is a tribute to the line, its owners, its personnel and its frequently famous ships.
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