The Story of the Titanic As Told by Its Survivors (Dover Maritime)  enlarge Creator: Jack Winocour Publisher: Dover Publications Category: Book List Price: $9.95 Buy Used: $4.50 as of 5/20/2012 09:02 EDT details You Save: $5.45 (55%) In Stock New (27) Used (57) from $4.50 Seller: Ivy_League_Books Sales Rank: 29,502 Media: Paperback Pages: 320 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8 Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.4 x 0.7 ISBN: 0486206106 Dewey Decimal Number: 910.091634 EAN: 9780486206103 ASIN: 0486206106 Publication Date: June 1, 1960 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: In a good to very good condition. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dust cover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels. Shipping within 24 hours Monday-Friday. If you are not 100% satisfied with your purchase, please contact Ivy League Books directly before leaving neutral or negative feedback to give us an opportunity to rectify the situation. Also Available In:   •  Turtleback - The Story of the Titanic As Told by Its Survivors   •  Hardcover - Story of the Titanic As Told by It's Survivors   •  Unknown Binding - The Story of the Titanic as Told by its Survivors Similar Items: A Night to Remember Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World Titanic in Photographs (Titanic Collection) Sinking of the Titanic: Eyewitness Accounts (Dover Maritime) Editorial Reviews: Amazon.com Review This invaluable book collects some of the first-published first-person accounts of the tragedy, described in old-fashioned prose and enhanced by photographs and illustrations redolent of Edwardian society, with captions such as "Ladies and gentlemen in riding habit exercised on mechanical horses and camels in the ship's gymnasium." Some of the social attitudes of the day are preserved to often startling effect: the habits of obedience of "the Teutonic race" are repeatedly praised, and one brave Titanic officer used what the book's introduction terms "the strange ethical algebra which decided that one female, travelling first class, deserved life some six times as much as one male, travelling third class." Yet it's just such period detail that makes this book so compelling--not to mention the vivid sense that the passengers just didn't get it, even while disaster was upon them. "To illustrate further how little danger was apprehended," writes survivor Lawrence Beesley, "when it was discovered ... that the forward lower deck was covered with small ice, snowballing matches were arranged for the following morning.... The cries of drowning people after the Titanic gave the final plunge were a thunderbolt to us." Product Description What it was really like. 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. More thrilling than any fictional account. 26 illustrations.

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