Titanic tragedy : a new look at the lost liner / John Maxtone-Graham.
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TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvii, 235 p. : maps ; 21 cmISBN: - 0393082407 (trade)
- 9780393082401 (trade)
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Adult Book
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Main Library | NonFiction | 910.9163 M464 | Available | 33111006692186 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This is a book unlike any other. Rather than offering simply a detailed retelling of the Titanic sinking on her maiden voyage, John Maxtone-Graham devotes his considerable knowledge and impeccable prose to a discussion of salient, provocative, and rarely investigated components of the story, including dramatic survivors' accounts of the events of the fateful night, the role of newly in-vented wireless telecommunication in the disaster, the construction and its ramifications at the famous Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, and the dawn rendezvous with the rescue ship Carpathia. Richly written and vividly detailed, this is the book Titanic buffs have been waiting for.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-220) and index.
The wireless miracle -- Glittering night -- Hornblow at Queen's Island -- The ocean dock -- Into the boats -- Survival sagas -- "Safe Carpathia" -- Crew memoria -- Walter at play.