Bibliograph

Titanic, voices from the disaster, by Deborah Hopkinson

Type

Label

Titanic, voices from the disaster, by Deborah Hopkinson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-260) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Titanic

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

by Deborah Hopkinson

Sub title

voices from the disaster

Summary

Presents a one hundredth anniversary tribute to the Titanic tragedy based on the words and stories of its witnesses and survivors, in an account that is complemented by archival photographs

Table Of Contents

Diagram of the ship -- Setting sail -- A floating palace -- A peaceful Sunday -- "Iceberg right ahead' -- Impact! -- In the radio room: "It's a CQD OM." -- A light in the distance -- Women and children first -- The last boats -- In the water -- "She's gone" -- A long, cold night -- Rescue at dawn -- Aftermath: the end of all hope -- Discovering the Titanic -- Glossary -- People in this book -- Other famous Titanic figures -- Survivor letters from the Carpathia -- Titanic timeline -- Be a Titanic researcher: find out more -- Titanic facts and figures -- From the British wreck commissioner's final report -- Titanic: the lifeboat launching sequence reexamined -- Titanic statistics: who lived and who died

Target audience

juvenile

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