Author: Stephanie BarczewskiPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441161694
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
An anniversary edition of a highly-regarded account of the world's most notorious tragedy at sea.
Titanic
Author: Jess LomasPublisher:
ISBN: 9781921804632
Category : Ocean liners
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
She was the Queen of the Ocean; considered by many to be unsinkable, and a might of human engineering, until she became the world's most famous ship for all of the wrong reasons. April 15, 2012 marks the one hundred year anniversary of the triumph and tragedy of the HMS Titanic.
100th Anniversary of the Titanic
Author: Zsolt SzemerszkyPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9781470957865
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
In 10 April 1912 the Titanic started off to the wide Ocean with huge hopes, as a proud example of a creation of Humanity. The journey ended tragically, 706 passengers survived the clash of 15 April 1912, their lives changed drastically after this event. This moment in history proves that any aim, dream is possible, any creation can be realized however it is impossible to challenge nature's power. Present book is a collection of public internet research (Creative Commons Attribution). The book contains publicly and online available information about the legendary Titanic ship, the Titanic movie directed by James Cameron and the 100th Anniversary of the Titanic Commemorative Project announced by Dodo Newman. The collection of information includes also various interesting facts, biographies about strong personalities and views regarding memorabilia and art related objects.
101 Things You Thought You Knew About the Titanic . . . butDidn't!
Author: Tim MaltinPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101558938
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
April 15th, 2012, will be the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. People have an endless fascination with the Titanic, yet much of what they know today is a mixture of fact and fiction. In one hundred and one brief and engaging chapters, Tim Maltin, one of the foremost experts on the Titanic, reveals the truth behind the most common beliefs about the ship and the night it sank. From physics to photographs, lawsuits to love stories, Maltin doesn't miss one tidbit surrounding its history. Heavily researched and filled with detailed descriptions, quotes from survivors, and excerpts from the official inquiries, this book is guaranteed to make readers rethink everything they thought they knew about the legendary ship and its tragic fate.
Titanic Sinks!
Author: Barry DenenbergPublisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780670012435
Category : Shipwrecks
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, the fictitious 'Modern Times' magazine is releasing a special edition filled with items from their original 1912 coverage. With articles, photos and journal excerpts, this volume allows young readers to experience all of the pride and excitement that went into the Titanic's creation, as well as the world's shock and terror at its demise. From the first rivets hammered into the ship's hull to a minute-by-minute account of its horrific end, no part of the fascinating story is left out.
Report into the Loss of the SS Titanic
Author: Samuel HalpernPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750969415
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Report into the Loss of the SS Titanic is a complete re-evaluation of the loss of Titanic based on evidence that has come to light since the discovery of the wreck in 1985. This collective undertaking is compiled by eleven of the world's foremost Titanic researchers – experts who have spent many years examining the wealth of information that has arisen since 1912. Following the basic layout of the 1912 Wreck Commission Report, this modern report provides fascinating insights into the ship itself, the American and British inquiries, the passengers and crew, the fateful journey and ice warnings received, the damage and sinking, rescue of survivors, the circumstances in connection with the SS Californian and SS Mount Temple, and the aftermath and ramifications that followed the disaster. The book seeks to answer controversial questions, such as whether steerage passengers were detained behind gates, and also reveals the names and aliases of all passengers and crew who sailed on Titanic's maiden voyage. Containing the most extensively referenced chronology of the voyage ever assembled and featuring a wealth of explanatory charts and diagrams, as well as archive photographs, this comprehensive volume is the definitive 'go-to' reference book for this ill-fated ship.
The Titanic
Author: Wyn Craig WadePublisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 9781616084325
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
In this centennial edition of the definitive book on the Titanic, new findings, photos, and interviews shed light on the world’s most famous marine disaster for the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking. On that fatal night in 1912 the world’s largest moving object disappeared beneath the waters of the North Atlantic in less than three hours. Why was the ship sailing through waters well known to be a “mass of floating ice”? Why were there too few lifeboats? Why were a third of the survivors crew members? Based on the sensational evidence of the U.S. Senate hearings, eyewitness accounts, and the results of the 1985 Woods Hole expedition that photographed the ship, this electrifying account vividly recreates the vessel’s last desperate hours afloat and fully addresses the questions that have continued to haunt the tragedy of the Titanic.
The Story of the Unsinkable Titanic
Author: Michael WilkinsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781566490078
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An unrivalled visual chronicle of RMS Titanic published on the 100th anniversary of its sinking. The Story of the Unsinkable Titanic revisits the golden age of ocean-going travel, when White Star's newest liner seemed to have pushed back the boundaries of technological achievement. Using contemporaneous accounts and facsimile reports, it describes the tragic unfolding of the events that lead to 1,500 souls being lost in the icy waters of the Atlantic; events which served as a grim reminder that for all man's ingenuity, he was not master of all he surveyed.
Titanic At 100
Author: Various AuthorsPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 1443415642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
April 15, 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, arguably the 20th century’s most famous peacetime sea disaster. Titanic at 100 commemorates the anniversary by bringing together news stories, opinions, tributes, survivor accounts, and more, giving a glimpse into the aftermath of the loss of the “unsinkable” ship. Included are original articles from The New York Times, widely regarded as the first newspaper to correctly report the severity of the disaster, spanning the period from Titanic’s launch to the days immediately following the catastrophe; comments and criticism about Titanic from noted literary figures of the day, including George Bernard Shaw, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and H. G. Wells; poetic tributes released in the weeks following the sinking; and two full accounts of that harrowing night penned by survivors Lawrence Beesley and Col. Archibald Gracie. Also included are three fictional works many feel predicted the Titanic’s untimely end: two stories written by Titanic passenger W. T. Stead, who went down with the ship, and Morgan Robertson’s complete Futility, Or The Wreck of the Titan, published in 1898. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.
One Hundred and Sixty Minutes
Author: William Elliott HazelgrovePublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1633886980
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
One hundred and sixty minutes. That is all the time rescuers would have before the largest ship in the world slipped beneath the icy Atlantic. There was amazing heroism and astounding incompetence against the backdrop of the most advanced ship in history sinking by inches with luminaries from all over the world. It is a story of a network of wireless operators on land and sea who desperately sent messages back and forth across the dark frozen North Atlantic to mount a rescue mission. More than twenty-eight ships would be involved in the rescue of Titanic survivors along with four different countries. At the heart of the rescue are two young Marconi operators, Jack Phillips 25 and Harold Bride 22, tapping furiously and sending electromagnetic waves into the black night as the room they sat in slanted toward the icy depths and not stopping until the bone numbing water was around their ankles. Then they plunged into the water after coordinating the largest rescue operation the maritime world had ever seen and thereby saving 710 people by their efforts. The race to save the largest ship in the world from certain death would reveal both heroes and villains. It would begin at 11:40 PM on April 14, when the iceberg was struck and would end at 2:20 AM April 15, when her lights blinked out and left 1500 people thrashing in 25-degree water. Although the race to save Titanic survivors would stretch on beyond this, most people in the water would die, but the amazing thing is that of the 2229 people, 710 did not and this was the success of the Titanic rescue effort. We see the Titanic as a great tragedy but a third of the people were rescued and the only reason every man, woman, and child did not succumb to the cold depths is due to Jack Phillips and Harold McBride in an insulated telegraph room known as the Silent Room. These two men tapping out CQD and SOS distress codes while the ship took on water at the rate of 400 tons per minute from a three-hundred-foot gash would inaugurate the most extensive rescue operation in maritime history using the cutting-edge technology of the time, wireless.
