Nearly four years after its initial release, Atlantic Liners: A Trio of Trios has undergone an extensive refit and will soon be re-released in an entirely new version and format. The hardcover version is now available.
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Please note: The special-edition hardcover will not be available in most stores. As it has no ISBN number, it is available only through this site (via TMB Studios) and directly from the publisher (either through their site or via their Amazon Marketplace account).
As for availability...The special-edition hardcover (which does not have an ISBN number, and is available only through the publisher's site, at Amazon Marketplace, and through the author) is now available and ready to ship. The hardcover version is now available on Amazon.The softcover, which was to have an ISBN number and would have been available through retailers, has been postponed indefinitely, since the publisher no longer offers this format for distribution to retailers.
So what’s new in this version of Atlantic Liners? The short answer is “everything.”
1) Text. The text has been significantly expanded; it includes a number of previously little-known or unpublished accounts and quotations. Some errors which had crept into the early version were also ruthlessly eradicated. The research for the new volume turned up the fact that a number of dearly held “truths” about maritime history were little more than legends; information is revealed in this text that has never been published before. Each chapter has been thoroughly referenced with endnotes (hundreds of them, in total) to cite original source material; in some cases, the endnotes and footnotes provide extensive background information for the detail-lovers out there, but without needlessly cluttering up the primary text for those who wish to make a basic reading first.
Perhaps most exciting for many maritime enthusiasts, there will be three fully revised and very exciting chapters on the Olympic-class liners. Included in the Titanic chapter will be a re-telling of her complete life and sinking that (while necessarily short enough to be a chapter rather than a complete book) will reveal many rare facts connected with her history. This chapter, more than any other, required the most careful and thorough overhaul in order to bring it up to date with the latest groundbreaking research made in the last five years within the Titanic community; work on re-writing that chapter alone took the better part of a year.
I was very fortunate, within the last few years, to have made the friendly acquaintance of many of the most authoritative researchers on the great liners. I have thus been able to utilize their input and suggestions in making the text of the entire volume, particularly the Titanic chapter, as balanced and well thought-out as it could possibly be. There were occasions when oft-debated topics were touched on, and the pros and cons of each side were thoroughly investigated and researched in order to see what conclusions were best supported by cold, hard facts. Where conclusions were open to interpretation, I have tried my best – through footnotes and endnotes – to present the whole picture, or to give evidence as to why one conclusion was chosen over another.
2) Photographs. I thought that the first edition of this volume was well-illustrated; this book is (stunningly) even more so. Many of the photographs are from my own collection, but there have also been some very generous friends and contributors who have opened their collections to my perusal and use. This has allowed the inclusion of many rare or never-before-published images of the various Atlantic liners, and has created a fascinating balance between a “good read” and “visual interest.”
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3) Availability. This version of Atlantic Liners is available only in durable casewrap hardcover format. Copies are available for at this time through our virtual partner, TMB Studios. You may also use your Amazon account to order copies directly from the author through the links provided above. Copies have also been placed on a special eBay listing. The book is also available directly from the publisher's online bookstore, and from the publisher via their Amazon Marketplace Seller Account. (Please note that the hardcover will not have an ISBN number, and will not be available through other retailers.)
4) Signed & Numbered Copies. I am making copies available in a signed and numbered limited-edition release. As this is a completely new version of the book, and not just a new edition of the old book, the numbers will start at “1,” and will be limited to 500.
Maritime researcher and author Mark Chirnside has kindly agreed to pen an introduction for the book, which should help to “set the stage” for the rest of the volume very nicely. At this time, I have to take a minute to thank everyone who has lent a hand on the project (they know who they are)... their assistance has proved invaluable in producing an exciting text packed with valuable information and plenty of photographs.
