Titanic Tragedy: A New Look at the Lost Liner
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (571 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393082407 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The dean of ocean liner historians uncovers fascinating and unknown aspects of this epic disaster. This is a book unlike any other. Richly written and vividly detailed, this is the book Titanic buffs have been waiting for.. 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 res
Many errors sink this book effort Michael Poirier Interest in the Titanic ebbs and flows like the tide. Years ago, a new book on the subject only came out once and awhile. Ship enthusiasts and researchers would run and buy it to devour what new knowledge may be contained within its pages. The past thirty years or so, the amount of books on the subject has greatly multiplied, especially when the general public became interested due to its 1985 discovery, the artifact recovery and exhibits, and then Cameron's blockbuster film. The increase in books meant that the bulk of the new publications were rehashed material bordering on plagiarism, poorly researched, and, in some cases, the author . Read A Night to Remember by Walter Lord Instead BillC Not a great read. I have enjoyed his other books, especially "The Only Way to Cross" but this just reads like his publisher told him to cobble together a Titanic book to capitalize on the 100th anniversary of the sinking.. Terrific little gem of a book! I have a tendency to withdraw newer books from the public library before buying on Amazon, (who wants to spend money needlessly these days) and the newest I have read is a wonderful little gem of a book, aptly entitled, "Titanic Tragedy" by the wonderful John Maxtone-Graham, prodigious author and ocean liner historian. Rest assured I will purchase this book through Amazon, and you should too, if you are a Titanic-phile, as I am. This book is only 235 pages, but a satisfying and fairly easy read, companionable, with narratives that evoke the people and circumstances of, arguably, the greatest maritime disaster in United States and British
John Maxtone-Graham (1929–2015) wrote many books on trans-Atlantic ocean travel, among them Titanic Tragedy: A New Look at the Lost Liner, Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner, and The Only Way to Cross, which has been in print for almost forty years.
--Jay Freeman" . this is a well-written work that will appeal especially to Titanic buffs, who will appreciate a different perspective