Titanic - The Last Night of a Small Town (Hardcover)

In his famous book A Night to Remember, historian Walter Lord described the sinking of the Titanic as 'the last night of a small town'. Now, a hundred years after her sinking, John Welshman reconstructs the fascinating individual histories of twelve of the inhabitants of this tragically short-lived floating town. They include members of the crew; passengers in First, Second, and Third Class; women and men; adults and children; rich and poor. Among them are a ship's Captain, a Second Officer, an Assistant Wireless Operator; a Stewardess, an amateur military historian, a governess, a teacher, a domestic servant, a mother, and three children. What were their earlier histories? Who survived, and why, and who perished? And what happened to these people in the years after 1912? Titanic: The Last Night of a Small Town answers all these questions and more, while offering a minute-by-minute depiction of events aboard the doomed liner through the eyes of a broad and representative cross-section of those who sailed in her - both those who survived and those who didn't.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2012
First published:	March 2012
Authors:	John Welshman
Dimensions:	242 x 165 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	324
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-959557-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-19-959557-7
Barcode:	9780199595570

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