Titanic, voices from the disaster, Deborah Hopkinson
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Titanic, voices from the disaster, Deborah Hopkinson
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
musicillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Titanic
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Deborah Hopkinson
Sub title
voices from the disaster
Summary
On April 15, 1912, the magnificent ocean liner the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank beneath the icy North Atlantic seas. Hopkinson weaves together archival photographs and the voices of real Titanic survivors and witnesses to the disaster to bring the horrors of that terrible night to life. There's nine-year-old Frankie Goldsmith; Violet Jessop, a young stewardess; Archibald Gracie, a well-to-do gentleman; Charlotte Collyer, a young mother on her way to start a new life; and othersTells the tale of the sinking of the Titanic using the narratives of the witnesses and survivors to the disaster
Table Of Contents
Diagram of the ship -- Setting sail -- A floating palace -- A peaceful Sunday -- "Iceberg right ahead' -- Impact! -- In the radio room: "It's a CQD OM." -- A light in the distance -- Women and children first -- The last boats -- In the water -- "She's gone" -- A long, cold night -- Rescue at dawn -- Aftermath: the end of all hope -- Discovering the Titanic -- Glossary -- People in this book -- Other famous Titanic figures -- Survivor letters from the Carpathia -- Titanic timeline -- Be a Titanic researcher: find out more -- Titanic facts and figures -- From the British wreck commissioner's final report -- Titanic: the lifeboat launching sequence reexamined -- Titanic statistics: who lived and who died
Target audience
juvenile
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Incoming Resources
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