"A must have book... a definitive source" - Mike Poirier, Encyclopedia Titanica
"A chance to experience Titanic's story like never before" - Shipping Today and Yesterday
Illustrated throughout, including many rare and unique views of the ship and those who sailed on her, this is as accurate and engrossing a telling of the life of the White Star Line's Titanic and her sinking as you will read anywhere. Made special by the use of many rare survivor accounts from the eye witnesses to that night to remember, this narrative places the reader in the middle of the maiden voyage, and brings the tragic sinking to life as never before.
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On the night of 14/15 April 1912, a brand-new, supposedly unsinkable ship, the largest and most luxurious vessel in the world at the time, collided with an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage. Of the 2,208 people on board, only 712 were saved. How could this 'unsinkable' vessel sink and why did so few of those aboard survive?
The authors of this well-researched book bring the tragedy to life, telling the story of the ship's design, construction, and maiden voyage. The stories of individuals who sailed on her, many previously known only as names on yellowing passenger and crew lists, are brought to light using rarely-seen accounts of the sinking. The stories of passengers of all classes and crewmembers alike are explored. They tell the dramatic stories of lives lost and people saved, of the rescue ship Carpathia, and the aftermath of the sinking.
Never again would a large passenger liner sail without lifeboats for all. Despite the tragedy, the sinking of the Titanic indirectly led to untold numbers of lives being saved due to new regulations that came into force after the tragedy.
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448 pages. Authors: Tad Fitch, J. Kent Layton, and Bill Wormstedt, with introduction by George Behe
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