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Remember the Lusitania!

Resource Type

Book - Child

Description

Product Description "Three years after the tragic sinking of the Titanic, another luxury liner went to a watery grave beneath the icy depths of the North Atlantic. The sinking of the Lusitania, torpedoed by a German U-boat in a sneak attack off the coast of Ireland, was one of the most pivotal and universally condemned acts of World War I. Diana Preston chronicles the shipboard experiences of three children who were on that fateful voyage. Eleven-year-old Frank Hook, a third-class passenger, was moving to England with his father and older sister. Twelve-year-old Avis Dolphin, a second-class passenger, was being sent to an English boarding school with a chaperone. And five-month-old Audrey Pearl was traveling in luxurious first class with her parents, three siblings, and two nannies. ..."

Ages

All Ages

Age Groups

School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)

Languages

English

ISBN

0802788475

Author

Diana Preston

Publication

2003 Walker & Company

Availability

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