A 100th anniversary tribute 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. By the Edgar Allan Poe Award-wining author of Beautiful Shadow. 60,000 first printing.
Panic, despair, shocking inefficiency, and a dash of heroism. Two lengthy narratives by passengers who had a thorough knowledge of the sea and by members of the ship's crew. 26 illustrations.
Shadow of the Titanic: A Survivor's Story: The Biography of Miss Eva Hart
'The best first-hand account of a passenger's experiences - a first-rate piece of descriptive writing' THE GUARDIAN
The British government wanted nothing more than to unload it and, in 1989, finally succeeded, selling it for pennies on the dollar to Norwegian shipping magnate Fred Olsen, who changed the name to Harland and Wolff Holdings.
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.
Hope of finding exactly why the captain was so intent on steaming Titanic ... days following the disaster saw the notion emerge that his rationale for delaying turning the Corner was in an attempt to steal time by shortening the voyage.
Daniel Allen Butler spend more than 30 years researching the work, delving into the lives of every principal participant.
David Dyer's The Midnight Watch is a powerful and dramatic debut novel--the result of many years of research in Liverpool, London, New York, and Boston, and informed by the author's own experiences as a ship's officer and a lawyer.
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