Titanic : a journey through time

Book 1999

A chronology of the doomed ship answers questions about the collision that caused the sinking, the Titanic's passengers and crew, court hearings concerning the accident, and excavations of the wreck.

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ISBN:

9780393047820
0393047822

Edition:

First American edition

Description:

248 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, music, portraits (some color) ; 26 x 26 cm

Notes:

Originally published: Sparkford : Patrick Stephens, 1999
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-243) and index

Contents:

Foreword / William MacQuitty, producer, A night to remember
Introduction / Robert M. DiSogra, co-founder and president, Titanic International Society
Preface: 1912
chapter 1. Prologue
chapter 2. Conception, construction, testing
chapter 3. Inland voyage: Southampton, Cherbourg and Queenstown
chapter 4. Atlantic crossing
chapter 5. Disaster
chapter 6. Adrift in the lifeboats
chapter 7. Rescue at sea and return to New York
chapter 8. Aftermath
chapter 9. Years pass
chapter 10. Search for Titanic
chapter 11. Exploration and exhibition
Epilogue
appendix 1. Titanic's American flag
appendix 2. Titanic statistics
appendix 3. Capsule chronology
appendix 4. Time and distance estimates
appendix 5. Search for Titanic
appendix 6. Total aboard, lost and saved
appendix 7. Titan/Titanic
appendix 8. Motion pictures featuring Titanic

LCCN:

99017662

Control Number:

850491

Other Authors:

Haas, Charles A

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