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The lucky and the lost : the lives of Titanic's children / John Boileau with Patricia Boileau Theriault.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boileau, John, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ocean liner passengers--North Atlantic Ocean--Biography.
- Ocean liner passengers.
- Shipwreck victims--North Atlantic Ocean--Biography.
- Shipwreck victims.
- Shipwrecks--North Atlantic Ocean--History.
- Shipwrecks.
- Shipwreck survival--North Atlantic Ocean--History.
- Shipwreck survival.
- Children--Biography.
- Children.
- Titanic (Steamship).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Halifax, Nova Scotia : Nimbus Publishing, [2024]
- Summary:
- "A compelling, illustrated narrative history of the children who sailed aboard the doomed RMS Titanic--both those who survived and those who perished--from the celebrated author of Halifax and Titanic. More than half the children aboard Titanic died in the sinking, calling into question the notion of "women and children first." In The Lucky and the Lost: A Complete History of Titanic's Children, historian John Boileau tells the stories of the children who fortunately escaped in lifeboats and those who tragically did not. It also examines the heart-breaking circumstances of the victims' deaths as well as the fascinating stories of survivors' lives. Uniquely, The Lucky and the Lost tells the stories of ten yet-unborn children whose mothers survived to give birth. This includes the children of Madeline Astor, wife of John Jacob Astor--the richest man to perish in the disaster--and Juliette Laroche, wife of Joseph Laroche, the only Black man onboard, as well as the stories of twenty-three Lebanese children onboard, another largely unknown feature of the disaster. The Lucky and the Lost includes compelling stories of survivors in later life (an aspect not included in most Titanic books) and the lasting effect the sinking had on them. With forty black-and-white images as well as numerous maps and illustrations, The Lucky and the Lost offers the most complete accounting to date of the fates of the children aboard the doomed ocean liner."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Boileau, John. Lucky and the lost.
- ISBN:
- 9781774712689
- 1774712687
- OCLC:
- 1416367420
- Publisher Number:
- 99996854318
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