Sailing Seven Seas: A History of the Canadian Pacific Line [Audiobook] download free by Peter Pigott
- Listen audiobook: Sailing Seven Seas: A History of the Canadian Pacific Line
- Author: Peter Pigott
- Release date: 2010/12/8
- Publisher: DUNDURN GROUP LTD
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Transportation
- ISBN: 9781554887651
- Rating: 7.68 of 10
- Votes: 471
- Review by: Maxine Steinberg
- Review rating: 9.08 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/10/13
- Duration: 3H13M40S in 256 kbps (51.2 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-18
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WMA, MPEG4, MPEG-4 ALS, MP3, FLAC, WAV (compression TAR.7Z, CAB, ZIP, BZ2, RAR)
- Total pages original book: 256
- Includes a PDF summary of 21 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 15M44S (4.2 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Under Canadian Pacific's red-and-white-checkered flag, the company's founders, George Stephen and William C. Van Horne, created a rail-sea service from Liverpool to Hong Kong. Boasting sternwheelers, Great Lakes bulk carriers, ferries, and luxurious ocean-going liner leviathans, the Canadian Pacific shipping line sailed around the globe. In both world wars the entire fleet served gallantly as Allied troop carriers. After the Second World War, the company staved off the realities of the jet age for as long as it could, replacing liners with container ships, until what was left of the legendary maritime operation was sold off in 2005. With a witty and informative style, author Peter Pigott evokes not only the nostalgic heyday of ocean travel but reveals a slice of almost-forgotten Canadiana. From the stifling steerage quarters of immigrant ships to the elegant drawing rooms of nautical titans such as the ill-fated Empress of Ireland and the Empress of Asia, from U-boat-haunted convoys to container ships, shore dwellers and old salts alike will be delighted with Sailing Seven Seas.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Business & Management, History Of The Americas, Transport Industries, Maritime History, Trains & Railways, Ships & Shipping
- Download servers: Degoo, BitShare, FreakShare, Torrent, Demonoid, Microsoft OneDrive. Compressed in TAR.7Z, CAB, ZIP, BZ2, RAR
- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 35.11 USD
- Dimensions: 152x229x19mm
- Weight: 508g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Toronto, Canada
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