Great Luxury Liners, 1927-1954: A Photographic Record

by William H. Miller Jr.

Nostalgic tribute to the heyday of ocean liners. 186 photos, many never published, of Île de France, Normandie, Europa, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Leviathan, United States, many others. Lavish interiors, disasters, shipboard life, celebrities, war years, etc. 101 ships depicted. Captions.

Genres: Photography, Nonfiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1981

About the author

William Henry Miller, Jr. (Bill Miller) (born May 3, 1948) is a maritime author and historian who has written numerous books dealing with the golden age of ocean liners.

William H. Miller was born in Hoboken, New Jersey on May 3, 1948. In addition to his teaching career and writing over 80 books and many articles on the great liners, he was chairman of the World Ship Society's Port of New York Branch from 1970 to 1976. He was deputy director of the New York Harbor Festival Foundation from 1979 to 1982. He was historian at the Museum of the American Merchant Marine in 1979 and creator of a course entitled "The Ocean Liner" at the New School of Social Research in Manhattan in 1981. He also created the passenger ship database for the Ellis Island Museum. He appeared in the documentary SS United States: Lady in Waiting. A documentary about his life and studies, Mr. Ocean Liner, premiered aboard RMS Queen Mary 2 on July 1, 2010.

Reviews

[Richard Jespers · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun book that’s been on my shelf, unread, since 1986. It’s not just full of fantastic black-and-white photographs that do great service to the ships and their luxurious interiors, but Miller provides quite a bit of history, too, covering the 1920s, the Depression years, World War II, and the post-war years. I myself, born in 1948, was too young ever to travel this way (although I have cruised since the mid-1990s), so the book is quite a window for those attempting to see what it was like to travel by sea between continents during that era. Something to be said about traveling in real time. No jet lag!

[Hans-Petter Sandseth · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good historic document, special for those of us who are interested in these ships.

[Jaap · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can never tire of looking at the pics of all those great ships of days gone by . Mr Miller added just enough text to learn a bit of the history of these sea castles .

[Bexan · Rating 5 out of 5]

i am currently hyperfixated on ocean liners and this was a good read.