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The Poseidon Adventure (novel)
''The Poseidon Adventure'' is an American adventure novel by Paul Gallico, published in 1969. It concerns the capsizing of a luxurious ocean liner, the S.S. ''Poseidon'', due to an undersea earthquake that causes a wave, and the desperate struggles of a handful of survivors to reach the bottom of the liner's hull before the ship sinks. Plot Formerly the RMS ''Atlantis'', the SS ''Poseidon'' is a luxury ocean liner from the golden age of travel, converted to a single-class, combination cargo-cruise liner. The ship is on her first North Atlantic crossing under new ownership, celebrated with a month long Christmas voyage from Lisbon to African and South American ports. Gallico, Paul - ''The Poseidon Adventure'' On December 26, the ''Poseidon'' is overturned when it has the misfortune of being directly above the location of an undersea earthquake. The ship capsizes as it falls into the sudden void caused by the quake displacing millions of gallons of seawater. Starting from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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G. P. Putnam's Sons is an American book publisher based in New York City, New York. Since 1996, it has been an imprint of the Penguin Group. History The company began as Wiley & Putnam with the 1838 partnership between George Palmer Putnam and John Wiley, whose father had founded his own company in 1807. In 1841, Putnam went to London where he set up a branch office, the first American company ever to do so. In 1848, he returned to New York, where he dissolved the partnership with John Wiley and established G. Putnam Broadway, publishing a variety of works including quality illustrated books. Wiley began John Wiley (later John Wiley and Sons), which is still an independent publisher to the present day. In 1853, G. P. Putnam & Co. started '' Putnam’s Magazine'' with Charles Frederick Briggs as its editor. On George Palmer Putnam's death in 1872, his sons George H., John and Irving inherited the business and the firm's name was changed to G. P. Putnam's Sons. Son George H. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
