Story of the Titanic As Told by Its Survivors (eBook)

Jack Winocour (Herausgeber)

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2012
320 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-13124-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Panic, despair, shocking inefficiency, and a dash of heroism. Two lengthy narratives by passengers who had a thorough knowledge of the sea and by members of the ship's crew. 26 illustrations.

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Why does the sinking of the Titanic hold such fascination for us? Many reasons have been advanced for the continuing fascination of this epic tragedy, but none, we think, can contribute as much to an understanding of it as the four accounts collected in this volume.All four authors were survivors, and each presents the catastrophe from his own viewpoint; the icy waters, the cries of the drowning, the confusion, and the heroism, are given an intensely personal immediacy.This volume contains, complete and unabridged, "e;The Loss of the S.S. Titanic,"e; by Lawrence Beesley, and "e;The Truth about the Titanic,"e; by Col. Archibald Gracie. Both are full-length books published soon after the disaster. Each has become extremely rare today. The third story in this volume, "e;Titanic,"e; was written by one of the only officers to survive the catastrophe, Commander Lightoller. It includes the story of the "e;white-washing"e; inquiries into the Titanic's safety measures. The last section is a dramatic tale by the Titanic's surviving wireless operator, Harold Bride.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.5.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Maritime
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Schlagworte: 1912 • 30-35 • April • Atlantic • beesly • books on april • books on brave souls • books on californians • books on calmnesses • books on commanders • books on commes • books on crits • books on cunards • books on dans • books on doncs • books on eyewitnesses • books on faits • books on harold • books on hearings • books on icebergs • books on inquiries • books on life boats • books on lifeboats • books on maiden voyages • books on marconi • books on model ships • books on narrative accounts • books on sinking ships • books on thrilling tales • books on titanic disasters • books on titanic sinkings • books on tragic events • brave souls • braving souls • Californian • calmness • charles lightoller • class passenger • Commander • comme • Crit • Cunard • dans • donc • eyewitness • Faits • foundering • Harold • hearings • heartbreaking event • heartbreaking realities • Iceberg • Inquiries • Lawrence Beesley • life boat • lifeboats • maiden voyage • male passengers • Marconi • model ships • narrative account • occured • sinking ship • sink ship • surviving passengers • thrilling tale • titanic buffs • titanic disaster • titanic sank • titanic sinking • titanic tragedy • tragic event • unabridged • unfilled • unsinkable • Vous • wireless operator
• ISBN-10: 0-486-13124-6 / 0486131246
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-13124-5 / 9780486131245