This preowned softback book with 160 pages is a recollection of a grand but bygone age to those passenger ships, large and small, that crossed the Atlantic. There were the likes of the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, SS United States, Caronia, Andrea Doria but also smaller, less memorable ships such as Noordam, Paryhia and Laurentia. The ships, over 150 of them, are grouped by owner, from the short-lived American Banner Line to Israel's Zim Lines. Each ships is given a full, detailed reference, including routing, length, tonnage, builder, speed, and passengers carried , as well as a full chronology of the vessel's career, including its ultimate disposition and fate.