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Samuel Cunard: Nova Scotia's Master of the North Atlantic

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Samuel Cunard almost created an industry all by himself. His name even became the basis for the word cunarder, meaning any ship owned and operated by the Cunard company. Some of the most famous ships in the world were cunarders, the 'Queen Mary,' 'Queen Elizabeth,' and their replacements 'QE 2,' and 'QM 2.'

Samuel Cunard was born in Nova Scotia from parents who had left Americe because of the revolution. In 1840 he began the first steamship sailings between the New World and England. His ships were not usually the fastest, the most elegant, or the the biggest, but they were noted as being the safe way to travel.

This book is a description of what Cunard did to form his empire, and is a most interesting story of business in that time. The Cunard line lasted until 2008 when the company's assets and liabilities were transferred to the Carnival Corporation, the cruise line operator.