Quotes by Erik Larson, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

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It's all right to drill your crew, but why not drill the passengers. — Erik Larson, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
He disliked the social obligations of the captaincy. — Erik Larson, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Wasplike with their long slender hulls, these were ships not seen in these waters before. They approached in a line, eac — Erik Larson, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
They looked more like day laborers than seamen. — Erik Larson, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
There were always those passengers who came aboard bearing grudges against the modern age. — Erik Larson, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Murder was a fascination as always. — Erik Larson, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
New York's perennial attraction was shopping. — Erik Larson, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
If you had to jump six or seven feet or certainly drown, it's surprising how far even older people will jump. — Erik Larson, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
I always thought a shipwreck was a well-organized affair, but I've learned the devil a lot in the last five minutes. — Erik Larson, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
During World War I, Germany had only 25 of its vaunted submarines sailing at any one time. — Erik Larson, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
My prophetic task would be twofold: to stand up to him, and to stand by him. To awaken his conscience, and to salve the — Erik Larson, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
My between-books strategy was reading voraciously and on a whim. — Erik Larson, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania