Titanic
True Stories of her Passengers, Crew and Legacy
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Transportation, Ships & Shipbuilding, History, Modern, 20th Century
| Author: | Nicola Pierce | ISBN: | 9781788490382 |
| Publisher: | The O'Brien Press | Publication: | April 2, 2018 |
| Imprint: | The O'Brien Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Nicola Pierce |
| ISBN: | 9781788490382 |
| Publisher: | The O'Brien Press |
| Publication: | April 2, 2018 |
| Imprint: | The O'Brien Press |
| Language: | English |
This book commemorates the enduring legacy of the world’s most famous ship – TITANIC.
Her story is one of all those bound together on that fateful voyage. On board were: writers, artists, honeymooners, sportsmen, priests, reverends, fashion designers, aristocrats, millionaires, children, crew and emigrants looking for a better life.
This book tells of their lives, and shines the spotlight on:
- Some of the great ship’s surprising treasures
- Her fêted voyage from Belfast’s
Harland & Wolff shipyard - The fascinating museums devoted to her memory, including Titanic Belfast
- The iconic music and movies
- Her winged and four-legged passengers
- The sister ships of Olympic and Britannic
- Tales of heroism
- Theories surrounding Titanic’s fatal collision
- The lifeboats and just how close the SS Californian was on that tragic night
- How Arctic explorer Ernest Shackleton and the inquiries viewed events
These stories and much more lie inside.
This book commemorates the enduring legacy of the world’s most famous ship – TITANIC.
Her story is one of all those bound together on that fateful voyage. On board were: writers, artists, honeymooners, sportsmen, priests, reverends, fashion designers, aristocrats, millionaires, children, crew and emigrants looking for a better life.
This book tells of their lives, and shines the spotlight on:
- Some of the great ship’s surprising treasures
- Her fêted voyage from Belfast’s
Harland & Wolff shipyard - The fascinating museums devoted to her memory, including Titanic Belfast
- The iconic music and movies
- Her winged and four-legged passengers
- The sister ships of Olympic and Britannic
- Tales of heroism
- Theories surrounding Titanic’s fatal collision
- The lifeboats and just how close the SS Californian was on that tragic night
- How Arctic explorer Ernest Shackleton and the inquiries viewed events
These stories and much more lie inside.
