This volume deals with the golden age of the luxury ocean liners, primarily the North Atlantic runs between Europe the the United States. The first chapter deals with the beginnings of the passenger trade, which grew out of the immigrant passages from the old world to the new, and the Cunard passenger company, which I was surprised to read, was founded by a Canadian.

The second chapter deals with the German ocean liner Vaterland, which was caught in the U.S. during World War I. It was impressed by the United Stares and converted to a troop transport, and renamed the Leviathan.

The middle chapters deal with the great liners of Europe in the 1920's and 1930's as well as the great disasters, mainly the Titanic and the Andera Doria/Stockholm collision. The last chapter deal with mainly the Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mary liners that were converted to troop transports during World War II, and the eventual demise of the the north Atlantic passenger trade, due mainly to long range passenger aircraft.