Using previously unseen documents Titanic's passengers and crewmen tell the story of the disaster in their own words via the texts of letters, postcards, diary entries, and memoirs written before, during, and immediately after the maiden voyage itself. Many of the documents were written by people who later lost their lives in the sinking, and are the last communications they ever had with their loved ones at home. The letters and postcards give an unparalleled description of the five days that Titanic was at sea, and the letters written by survivors after the sinking describe the horror of the disaster itself and the heartbreak they experienced. This moving book also contains brief biographies of the passengers - victims as well as survivors - who wrote the documents in question.
ISBN: 9780752483061
Format: Hardback
Author(s): George Behe
First Publishment Date: 20 December 2009