My Ocean Liner: Across the North Atlantic on the Great Ship Normandie

So begins this well-crafted chapter book recounting the adventures of the boy Paul, traveling from New York to France on the legendary ocean liner Normandie.Unlike the tragic stories of the passengers on the ill-fated Titanic, this one is filled with the pleasures and novelties of life at sea, with friends made and several unexpected adventures for Paul to retell for the rest of his life. As he furnishes his-tale with nostalgia for that lost world, the reader will share his memories and know something of the look, feel and smell of the ship, and the excitement of being a passenger on a great ocean liner in its glory days.