First Class: Legendary Ocean Liner Voyages Around the World

Visually rich, this book is packed with period photographs of ocean liner travel. I was of course often reminded of Betsy Ray and her journey which was chronicled in [b:Betsy and the Great World|6506578|Betsy and the Great World (Betsy-Tacy, #9)|Maud Hart Lovelace|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1251221712s/6506578.jpg|10913]. The text was very interesting too, but frankly secondary to the lovely photos.
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This book comes with pretty impressive packaging: it slides into a box made to look like a steamer trunk. Initially, it seems pretty cool but, after further inspection, it's not all that great. Yes, some of the photos are good but, in many cases, some are of really poor quality. There's also many photos of modern-day cruise ships...I hardly consider MSC cruise ships as "Legendary Ocean Liners" ( )