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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Sprache: | eng |
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New York
William Morrow
2012
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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 |
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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 |