Titanic TragedyTitanic Tragedy
a New Look at the Lost Liner
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Current format, Book, 2011, 1st ed, Available . Offered in 0 more formatsThis 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.
Maritime historian Maxtone-Graham, a Scottish-American New Yorker, has written dozens of books about North Atlantic liners. He offers general readers an extensively researched, accessible account of the RMS Titanic, from the events leading up to its creation and ill-fated voyage through those following the disaster. The text incorporates testimony of some of the survivors interviewed by the author 40 years ago, and seven previously unpublished Titanic "letters" by American historian, Walter Lord, in which he composed parodies about life aboard the doomed ship. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Discusses rarely touched-upon components of the Titanic disaster, including the accounts and recollections of survivors, the role played in the tragedy by the new wireless telecommunication system, and the effect the accident had on the builders' shipyard in Belfast. 13,000 first printing.
Discusses rarely touched-upon components of the Titanic disaster, including the accounts of survivors, the role played by the new wireless telecommunication system, and the effect the accident had on the shipyard in Belfast.
The dean of ocean liner historians uncovers fascinating and unknown aspects of this epic disaster.
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Maritime historian Maxtone-Graham, a Scottish-American New Yorker, has written dozens of books about North Atlantic liners. He offers general readers an extensively researched, accessible account of the RMS Titanic, from the events leading up to its creation and ill-fated voyage through those following the disaster. The text incorporates testimony of some of the survivors interviewed by the author 40 years ago, and seven previously unpublished Titanic "letters" by American historian, Walter Lord, in which he composed parodies about life aboard the doomed ship. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Discusses rarely touched-upon components of the Titanic disaster, including the accounts and recollections of survivors, the role played in the tragedy by the new wireless telecommunication system, and the effect the accident had on the builders' shipyard in Belfast. 13,000 first printing.
Discusses rarely touched-upon components of the Titanic disaster, including the accounts of survivors, the role played by the new wireless telecommunication system, and the effect the accident had on the shipyard in Belfast.
The dean of ocean liner historians uncovers fascinating and unknown aspects of this epic disaster.
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