Guide to the Crew of Titanic

Author: Günter Bäbler
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750982942
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 230

Book Description
Much has been written about Titanic, the British passenger liner that sank on her maiden voyage after a collision with an iceberg in 1912; however, until now little mention has been made about the intricate world of the ship’s complement, which comprised more than the total of third-class passengers alone. Titanic researcher Günter Bäbler examines in detail the working structure of the crew, including the complex arrangement of the engineering department and information on tips, salaries and hidden bonuses, while each of the 899 crew members on board is mentioned. This valuable study breathes life into the forgotten but significant story of the ship and its relationship to its crew, of whom over 75 per cent died when Titanic sank.

The Kids' Guide to Titanic

Author: Sean Price
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1429676612
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
"Discusses the Titanic, including its design, how the ship sank, the passengers onboard, and why the ship's legacy lives on"--Provided by publisher.

The Rough Guide to the Titanic

Author: Greg Ward
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1405390654
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 403

Book Description
A century after the most famous shipwreck in history, The Rough Guide to the Titanic tells the full compelling story of the supposedly unsinkable liner. A comprehensive history, it covers all the Titanic's final hours, from striking the iceberg to disappearing beneath the freezing Atlantic waters. Discover the epic human drama at the heart of the tragedy, with a rich cast of characters including the heroes, villains and victims aboard the Titanic, and the adventurers who re-discovered it in 1985. Plus, there are maps, diagrams and images to illustrate the saga at every turn. The focus also stretches backwards the people who built the Titanic - with their faith in progress and technology - and forwards to explore the controversies and conspiracy theories that have raged ever since its sinking. The Rough Guide to the Titanic also looks at quite why everybody appears to be so fascinated by the Titanic, and the books, music and movies that have kept its memory alive ever since - from the stiff upper lips of 1958's A Night To Remember to the tear jerking romance of James Cameron's Titanic.

Total Titanic

Author: Marc Shapiro
Publisher: ibooks
ISBN: 0671012029
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
The R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11.40pm on April 14, 1912. By 2.20am on April 15, the last visible section of the Titanic sank below the icy ocean waters. More than 1,500 passengers and crew lost their lives. Only 700 people survived. It has been called the greatest sea tragedy of all time. In the wake of the disaster, the Titanic and the events surrounding its ill-fated journey have become part of twentieth-century myth. As with all great mysteries, much has been written and said about the event either stretches the truth or disregards it entirely. Now TOTAL TITANIC will separate fiction from fact and report on what actually happened as best we know it, from personal memories, official records, and discoveries made on recent expeditions to the ship's ocean-bottom grave.

The Rough Guide to the Titanic

Author: Rough Guides
Publisher: Rough Guides UK
ISBN: 1405390638
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 403

Rescuing Titanic

Author: Flora Delargy
Publisher: Hidden Histories
ISBN: 0711262764
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 79

Book Description
Rescuing Titanic tells with exquisite illustrations and richly detailed text the story of the Carpathia and its heroic journey rescuing passengers from the Titanic.

The Titanic For Dummies

Author: Stephen J. Spignesi
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118177665
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344

Book Description
Examines the building of the famous ship, life onboard during its maiden voyage, tragic decisions made that fateful night, the discovery of the wreck, and the controversies surrounding one of the worst naval disasters of all time.

Titanic Names

Author: Lee W. Merideth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983610304
Category : Navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Titanic names is a companion book to 1912 facts about Titanic"--Back cover.

The Complete Guide To Titanic

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781435161689
Category : Shipwrecks
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
See Titanic's construction, meet the passengers and crew that were on board, and discover the deep watery home of the shipwreck more than two miles below the ocean's surface.

Titanic Survivor

Author: Violet Jessop
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1461740320
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
Violet Jessop's life is an inspiring story of survival. Born in 1887 in Argentina, the eldest child of Irish immigrants, at the age of 21 she became the breadwinner for her widowed mother and five siblings when she commenced a career as a stewardess and nurse on some of the most famous ocean going vessels of the day. Throughout her 40 year time at sea she survived an unbelievable series of events including the sinking of the TITANIC. “One awful moment of empty, misty blackness enveloped us in its loneliness, then an unforgettable, agonizing cry went up from 1500 despairing throats, a long wail and then silence and our tiny craft tossing about at the mercy of the ice field.” For most people one sinking would be enough. But four years later Violet, now a nurse with the British Red Cross, was on board the World War I hospital ship BRITANNIC when it struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Aegean. To her, this disaster was even more horrifying-- “Just as life seeming nothing but a whirling, choking ache, I rose to the light of day, my nose barely above the little lapping waves. I opened my eyes on an indescribable scene of slaughter, which made me shut them again to keep it out." By the end of her story we have a met a woman who could handle whatever life threw at her with determination and good humor. She knew that only by her own strength of character would she survive. But Titanic Survivor is much more. A unique autobiography for those who want to know how it really felt, a story that could be told only by a Titanic Survivor.