Dead Wake

The NBBC Book Club read for November is Dead Wake: the last crossing of the Lusitania by Eric Larson 

"As U-20 and the Lusitania made their way toward Liverpool, an array of forces both grand and achingly small - hubris, a chance fog, a closely guarded secret, and more--all converged to produce one of the great disasters of history."

"On May 1, 1915, the Lusitania, a luxury ocean liner sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were anxious. Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone, and for months, its U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the Lusitania was one of the era's great transatlantic "Greyhounds" and her captain, William Thomas Turner, placed tremendous faith in the gentlemanly strictures of warfare that for a century had kept civilian ships safe from attack. He knew, moreover, that his ship - the fastest then in service - could outrun any threat.

Germany, however, was determined to change the rules of the game, and Walther Schwieger, the captain of Unterseeboot-20, was happy to oblige. "

No registration necessary, but please bring a snack to share. 

***December and January's book will be New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson - Our next meeting will be on January 26, 2020

***Help us pick out future books! You can vote for your favorites and make suggestions right here: NBBC Book Club Survey 

On Goodreads? Here we have a list of some nautically themed books we've enjoyed and have been recommended:   https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/138928.Boat_Club_Book_Club

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