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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This has been excellent. I first heard about it on wikipedia on a titanic writeup. It is the written testimony of an individual who survived the sinking of the titanic. The writer does a really good job of telling the events as he remembered them. He tries to be fair, and is very good at telling the information without fanfare, and from the perspective he saw it from, which was the titanic was brand new and "unsinkable". Several times he says "remember, we weren't reacting to the history that we have now, which is that the titanic sank. She was a brand new ship." He was able to convey a lot of the leadership confusion that resulted from not having someone specifically responsible for removal of passengers in an emergency...maritime practice was that the captain was responsible. He describes things that happened as natural consequences to the situation. He is able to convey why people did what they did, and also brings in the testimonies given from the investigations into the incident. I highly recommend the book because it is very well written, and because he brings in a unique perspective. I cannot say enough good about this book, that's how much I liked it! no reviews | add a review
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HTML: Learn more about the disaster that befell the Titanic and caused the untimely deaths of 1,517 passengers in this gripping first-hand account from survivor Lawrence Beesley. Originally published a mere nine weeks after one of the most profound maritime disasters in human history, The Loss of the Titanic shed new light on the tragedy and leveled troubling charges of classism against some of the rescuers. .No library descriptions found.
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)910.91634History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography and Travel History, geographic treatment, biography - Discovery. exploration Geography of and travel in areas, regions, places in general Air And Water Atlantic OceanLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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But seriously, if this had been more of a non-fiction novel (see In Cold Blood) I may have piled through it as the Titanic is a subject that generally I find quite interesting but this one was just a little too slow. ( )