Lost Voices From the Titanic : : the Definitive Oral History
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The background and construction of the Titanic -- The maiden voyage of the Titanic -- The aftermath.
On April 15, 1912, the HMS Titanic sank, killing 1,517 people and leaving the rest clinging to debris in the frozen waters of the North Atlantic awaiting rescue. Here, historian Nick Barratt provides the definitive narrative of the disaster in the words of those who were involved--including the designers and naval architects at the White Star Line; first-class aristocratic passengers and the families in third class and steerage, many of whom were simply seeking a better life in America; and the boards of inquiry, whose task it was to help change maritime law to ensure that such an event never took place again. Combining tales of incredible folly and unimaginable courage, Barratt has gathered the aspirations of the owners, the efforts of the crew, and of course, the eyewitness accounts from those lucky enough to survive, transporting the reader back to those heartbreaking moments on that fateful Sunday night.--From publisher description.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: xii, 286 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780230622302
0230622305
SUBJECTS
Titanic (Steamship) -- Sources.
Titanic (Steamship)
Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean -- Sources.
Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean.