Titanic : a survivor's story : and the sinking of the S.S. Titanic / Archibald Gracie, John B. Thayer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gracie, Archibald, 1858-1912, author.

Thayer, John B. (John Borland), 1894-1945, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shipwrecks--North Atlantic Ocean.

Shipwrecks.

Titanic (Steamship).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Academy Chicago Publishers, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div><P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"" class=MsoNormal>Two survivors' accounts of the sinking of the <I>Titanic</I>. The information contained in Colonel Gracie's story is available from no other source. He provides details of the final moments, including names of passengers pulled from the ocean and of those men who, in a panic, jumped into lifeboats as they were being lowered. Walter Lord, author of <I>A Night to Remember</I>, calls Gracie ""an indefatigable detective."" John Thayer was, like Gracie, one of the last to leave the ship. His account, <I>The Sinking of the S.S. Titanic</I>, is m

Contents:

Front Cover ; Title Page ; Half Title ; Copyright ; Contents ; Titanic: A Survivor's Story; Chapter I. The Last Day Aboard Ship ; Chapter II. Struck by an Iceberg ; Chapter III. The Foundering of the Titanic ; Chapter IV. Struggling in the Water for Life ; Chapter V. All Night on Bottom of Half-Submerged upturned Boat ; Chapter VI. The Port Side: Women and Children First ; Chapter VII. Starboard Side: Women First, But Men when there were No Women ; The Sinking of the S.S. Titanic; Preface; April 14- 15, 1912

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Contains:

Sinking of the S.S. Titanic.

ISBN:

0-89733-861-8

OCLC:

881887344