Voyagers of the Titanic : passengers, sailors, shipbuilders, aristocrats, and the worlds they came from / Richard Davenport-Hines.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : William Morrow, c2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: 342 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780061876844 (trade) :
- 0061876844 (trade)
- 910.9163 DAV
- G530.T6 D35 2012
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-324) and index.
Prologue: From Greenland's icy mountains -- On land. Boarding ; Speed ; Shipowners ; Shipbuilders ; Sailors -- At sea. First class ; Second class ; Third class ; Officers and crew -- Life and death.Collision ; The meaning shows in the defeated thing.
While many accounts of the Titanic's voyage focus on the technical or mechanical aspects of why the ship sank, Davenport-Hines follows the stories of the men, women, and children whose lives intersected on the vessel's fateful last day.
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