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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.
Contents
List of Plates
Glossary
Cast List
Introduction
1: 'The Biggest Anchor in the World'
2: 'Like a Big Expectant Family'
3: 'A Wonderful Passage Up To Now'
4: 'Ice, Flat Like a Pocket Watch'
5: 'We Have Collision with Iceberg'
6: 'Latitude 41? 46' N., Longitude 50? 14' W'
7: 'She's Gone, Lads; Row Like Hell'
8: 'A Dark Speck on the Horizon'
9: 'Arranged for Your Exclusive Story'
10: 'Mr Beesley's Simple Narrative'
Note on Sources
Notes
Further Reading
Index
