Voyagers of the Titanic passengers, sailors, shipbuilders, aristocrats, and the worlds they came from

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.

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1. Verfasser: Davenport-Hines, R. P. T. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York William Morrow 2012
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-324) and index
Beschreibung:342 S. [16] p. of plates
Ill.
24 cm
ISBN:9780061876844
978-0-06-187684-4