Voyagers of the Titanic : passengers, sailors, shipbuilders, aristocrats, and the worlds they came from / Richard Davenport-Hines.
2012
G530.T6 D35 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
Voyagers of the Titanic : passengers, sailors, shipbuilders, aristocrats, and the worlds they came from / Richard Davenport-Hines.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780061876844
0061876844
0061876844
Imprint
New York : William Morrow, c2012.
Language
English
Description
342 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
G530.T6 D35 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
910.9163/4
Summary
While many accounts of the Titanic's voyage focus on the technical or mechanical aspects of why the ship sank, Davenport-Hines follows the stories of the men, women, and children whose lives intersected on the vessel's fateful last day.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Prologue: From Greenland's icy mountains
On land. Boarding ; Speed ; Shipowners ; Shipbuilders ; Sailors
At sea. First class ; Second class ; Third class ; Officers and crew
Life and death.Collision ; The meaning shows in the defeated thing.
On land. Boarding ; Speed ; Shipowners ; Shipbuilders ; Sailors
At sea. First class ; Second class ; Third class ; Officers and crew
Life and death.Collision ; The meaning shows in the defeated thing.