The Story of the Titanic As Told by Its Survivors
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Dewey Decimal Number: 910.091634
EAN: 9780486206103
ISBN: 0486206106
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: June 01, 1960
Publisher: Dover Publications
Sales Rank: 63417
Studio: Dover Publications
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
What it was really like. Panic, despair, shocking inefficiency, and a little heroism. Two lengthy narratives by passengers who had a thorough knowledge of the sea and by members of the ship’s crew. More thrilling than any fictional account. 26 illustrations.
Amazon.com Review:
This invaluable book collects some of the first-published first-person accounts of the tragedy, described in old-fashioned prose and enhanced by photographs and illustrations redolent of Edwardian society, with captions such as 'Ladies and gentlemen in riding habit exercised on mechanical horses and camels in the ship's gymnasium.' Some of the social attitudes of the day are preserved to often startling effect: the habits of obedience of 'the Teutonic race' are repeatedly praised, and one brave Titanic officer used what the book's introduction terms 'the strange ethical algebra which decided that one female, travelling first class, deserved life some six times as much as one male, travelling third class.' Yet it's just such period detail that makes this book so compelling--not to mention the vivid sense that the passengers just didn't get it, even while disaster was upon them. 'To illustrate further how little danger was apprehended,' writes survivor Lawrence Beesley, 'when it was discovered ... that the forward lower deck was covered with small ice, snowballing matches were arranged for the following morning.... The cries of drowning people after the Titanic gave the final plunge were a thunderbolt to us.'
Average Rating: 
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- GOOD BUT ..............I would like to recommend for all those interested to also read :
" TITANIC ... Read More
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- A HISTORY BUFF MUST READ!!This book definately confirms the acutual facts of the Titanic tragedy from the the day of departure ... Read More
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- Loving the bookI love this book. Learning the account of the disaster from the perspective of those who went through ... Read More
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- unsurpassed"That cold green water, crawling its ghostly way up the staircase, was a sight that stamped itself indelibly ... Read More
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- Interesting, but long and drawn outI'm very interested in the Titanic, and have read several books about the events surronding this disaster. This ... Read More
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