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Voyagers of the Titanic : passengers, sailors, shipbuilders, aristocrats, and the worlds they came from / Richard Davenport-Hines.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : William Morrow, c2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: 342 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780061876844 (trade) :
  • 0061876844 (trade)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 910.9163 DAV
LOC classification:
  • G530.T6 D35 2012
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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Books Books Fairmount Public Library General Stacks Non-fiction 910.9163 DAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T 37551

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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