{"product_id":"oceans-of-fate-dan-black-9781459752511","title":"Oceans of Fate: Peace and Peril Aboard the Steamship Empress of Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe remarkable story of how one ship -- doomed by war -- intersected lives and crossed into history. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompleted in 1913 for Canadian Pacific, the \u003ci\u003eEmpress of Asia\u003c\/i\u003e plied the oceans for nearly 30 years. Built for long-haul ocean travel during peace-time, she saw wartime service as an armed merchant cruiser and troopship before Japanese dive-bombers destroyed her in 1942.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression, she brought continents and people together, delivering mail and multimillion-dollar consignments of silk. As a luxurious passenger liner, she was a \"Greyhound of the Pacific,\" braving epic storms and smashing transpacific speed records. From stokehold to bridge, steerage to first-class staterooms, she steamed with a kaleidoscope of lives, including courageous and recalcitrant crew, immigrants and refugees seeking a better life or relief from disaster, drug smugglers, weapons dealers, and the idle and not-so-idle rich.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the dramatic story of how that one ship and the lives of those on board intersected during a tumultuous period of world history, culminating in her sinking off Singapore in the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Black\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1459752511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459752511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Dan Black","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46618229244159,"sku":"9781459752511","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_acc6c383-84ea-409b-9025-f3dff2a75e17.jpg?v=1740069517","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/oceans-of-fate-dan-black-9781459752511","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}