Shadow of the Titanic : : the Extraordinary Stories of Those who Survived
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Originally published: London : Simon & Schuster, 2011.
A fancy-dress ball in Dante's hell -- The ship of widows -- A life too far-fetched for fiction -- Falling in love in the slipstream of the Titanic -- The woman who rowed away from the drowning -- The world's most willing whipping boy -- The dark side of survival -- Miss Masquerader -- Titanic fever -- Fame is the spur -- The last survivors.
Offers insight into how the tragedy affected its survivors, drawing on archival research and interviews with family members to explore how some propelled themselves to fame while others were devastated by survivor guilt.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Atria Books, 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 400 p. : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781451671568
1451671563
SUBJECTS
Titanic (Steamship)
Titanic (Steamship) -- Biography.
Shipwreck victims -- North Atlantic Ocean -- Biography.
Shipwreck survival -- North Atlantic Ocean.
Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean.