Titanic : a survivor's story : and the sinking of the S.S. Titanic / / Archibald Gracie, John B. Thayer

• Autore: Gracie Archibald <1858-1912, >
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, Illinois : , : Academy Chicago Publishers, , 2010; ©1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (370 p.)
• Disciplina: 910/.91634
• Soggetto topico: Shipwrecks - North Atlantic Ocean
• Persona (resp. second.): ThayerJohn B <1894-1945, > (John Borland)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover ; Title Page ; Half Title ; Copyright ; Contents ; Titanic: A Survivor's Story; Chapter I. The Last Day Aboard Ship ; Chapter II. Struck by an Iceberg ; Chapter III. The Foundering of the Titanic ; Chapter IV. Struggling in the Water for Life ; Chapter V. All Night on Bottom of Half-Submerged upturned Boat ; Chapter VI. The Port Side: Women and Children First ; Chapter VII. Starboard Side: Women First, But Men when there were No Women ; The Sinking of the S.S. Titanic; Preface; April 14- 15, 1912
• Sommario/riassunto: <div><P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"" class=MsoNormal>Two survivors' accounts of the sinking of the <I>Titanic</I>. The information contained in Colonel Gracie's story is available from no other source. He provides details of the final moments, including names of passengers pulled from the ocean and of those men who, in a panic, jumped into lifeboats as they were being lowered. Walter Lord, author of <I>A Night to Remember</I>, calls Gracie ""an indefatigable detective."" John Thayer was, like Gracie, one of the last to leave the ship. His account, <I>The Sinking of the S.S. Titanic</I>, is m
• Titolo autorizzato: Titanic
• ISBN: 0-89733-861-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788770603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II