The Mediterranean: Saga of the Sea

1942. hard. The Mediterranean: Saga of a Sea By Emil Ludwig Printing Location: New York: Mcgraw-Hill Book Company Inc. Date: 1942 Size and Page Count: 6 X 9 Tall, approx. 635 pages Condition: Good, binding good, two pages with heavy foxing, the rest in good condition, pages slightly yellowed. Illustration Information: Several sketches spaced throughout the book, endpages with a map of the Mediterranean Sea. ------An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher, or historian------ Contains: Emil Ludwig (25 January 1881 “ 17 September 1948) was a German author, known for his biographies. “ Wikipedia From the Preface: œThe destinies of an ocean are played out on the water and along the coast. But the barren expanse has little history; the struggle develops ashore, only occasionally invading the sea. Yet through all the struggles, deeds, and creations, we shall hear the roar of the sea and catch sight of its blueness; storms and clouds will steer the doings of men toward prosperous voyages or shipwreck; oars and sails, anchors and lighthouses will keep bringing the reader back to the element that holds all together. . . Among all the seas the Mediterranean is unique, as an element and as a center. By nature it is almost a lake, and yet it is not; for Gibraltar, the Dardanelles, and Suez, which confine its freedom, are dramatic in their causes and effects. . . Throughout civilized times the Mediterranean has been the center of the cultural history that developed the western barbarians into human beings.?