A Floating City (Classic Reprint): And the Blockade Runners - Couverture souple

Verne, Jules Wickham

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440069948 ISBN 13 : 9781440069949

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Step aboard a colossal ocean liner that’s almost a city at sea.

A Floating City follows an amateur traveler as he navigates crowds, engineering marvels, and the pulse of a ship in motion. This book invites you to ride with a narrator who treats the Great Eastern as both landmark and living place. From muddy decks to towering paddle wheels, the voyage blends grand design with everyday labor, suspense, and a curious glimpse of life aboard a ship that wants to touch two continents.

• Experience the scale of a floating city, where thousands work side by side and every corner hums with activity.
• Watch engineers, carpenters, and sailors bring a giant ship to life while passengers glimpse its inner machinery.
• Feel the anticipation and danger as plans unfold on a race toward New York and a dramatic duel.
• Immerse yourself in vivid, cinematic scenes of deck crowds, towering engines, and the vast sea around you.

Ideal for readers who love nautical adventure, exploration, and classic voyage narratives set on legendary ships.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from A Floating City: And the Blockade Runners

The Mersey, like the Thames, is only an insignificant stream, unworthy the name of river, although it falls into the sea.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440069948
• ISBN 13: 9781440069949
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 376
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