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  • A Century of Sea Travel

    Personal Accounts from the Steamship Era

    This "handsome volume" offers a "lavishly illustrated" journey back to the golden age of steam travel through first-hand accounts and images of the passengers (Bruce Peter, author of Ship Style).A Century of Sea Travel is an eye-opening voyage through the golden years of the passenger steamship, a voyage described by the very travelers who sailed on these magnificent engineering marvels. In ... En savoir plus

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  • A Postcard History of the Passenger Liner

    From around 1880, for almost a hundred years, shipowners commissioned a wealth of paintings that depicted their magnificent liners as well as the routes they travelled, their exotic destinations, and life onboard. These paintings, rich in imagination and atmosphere, appeared on postcards and posters of the day and were used to advertise the companies and their ships; and so was born a whole genre ... En savoir plus

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  • Titanic

    par Filson Young ...
    \"Captain Smith came running out of the chart room. \'What is it?\' he asked. \'We have struck ice, Sir.\'\"\"Titanic\" was published in 1912, shortly after the disaster. In his book, Young provides a detailed account of the Titanic\'s construction, the voyage, and the sinking, using information from survivors and other firsthand sources. He also analyzes the events leading up to the disaster, ... En savoir plus

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  • Voyagers of the Titanic

    Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From

    "The story of the Titanic has been told many times; this one takes a sociological perspective, with the confident, graceful prose of fine fiction." — Wall Street JournalIt has been over one hundred years since the sinking of the passenger liner Titanic in the North Atlantic, yet worldwide fascination with the epic tragedy remains as strong as ever. With Voyagers of the Titanic, Richard Davenport ... En savoir plus

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  • Titanic

    par Rupert Matthews ...
    'Goodbye Miss Young. Good luck to you and don't forget to remember me to the folks back home.'Major Archibald Butt (1865-1912)The sinking of the Titanic on her maiden voyage in 1912 is one of the most dramatic stories in maritime history. The largest passenger steamship in the world, fitted with more advanced safety features than any of her rivals, she was proclaimed to be virtually unsinkable ... En savoir plus

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  • Captain Cook

    A uniquely woven story encompassing three separate centuries and three different lives. Captain Cook, best known for his heroic voyages through the Pacific Ocean, is brought to life in vivid detail. We follow his humble beginnings as the son of a farm labourer, through his convention-shattering treatment of the indigenous groups he met on his travels, and then onto his final tragic voyage which ... En savoir plus

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  • The Man Who Sank Titanic

    The Troubled Life of Quartermaster Robert Hichens

    par Sally Nilsson ...
    Robert Hichens has gone down in history as the man who was given the famous order to steer the Titanic away from the iceberg and failed. Following this, his falling out with the 'Unsinkable Molly Brown' over the actions of the lifeboats saw him branded a coward and his name indelibly tarnished. A key witness at both US and British Inquiries, Robert returned to a livelihood where fellow crewmen ... En savoir plus

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  • The Shipwreck

    The true story of the Dunbar, the disaster that broke the colony's heart and forged a nation's spirit

    par Larry Writer ...
    The epic story of one of Australia's greatest maritime disasters, the wreck of the Dunbar.'gripping, engaging popular history' - Sydney Morning HeraldThe Dunbar was one of the most advanced and celebrated sailing ships of the mid-19th century. Built to carry passengers in speed and luxury on the long route from Britain to Australia, it was the Titanic of its day.Late at night on 20 August 1857, af ... En savoir plus

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  • Titanic Tragedy

    A New Look at the Lost Liner

    "Catnip to the ship’s dedicated buffs." —Publishers WeeklyIn Titanic Tragedy maritime historian John Maxtone-Graham documents the vessel’s design, construction, and departure from Southampton, her passengers’ lifeboat ordeal, their Carpathia rescue, the role of new technologies, and memorials to her crew. He describes poignantly the performance of her eight gallant bandsmen who played on deck to ... En savoir plus

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  • Titanic 9 Hours to Hell

    The Survivors' Story

    par W. B. Bartlett ...
    A major new history of the disaster that weaves into the narrative the first-hand accounts of those who survived. It was twenty minutes to midnight on Sunday 14 April, when Jack Thayer felt the Titanic lurch to port, a motion followed by the slightest of shocks. Seven-year old Eva Hart barely noticed anything was wrong. For Stoker Fred Barrett, shovelling coal down below, it was somewhat different ... En savoir plus

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  • The Titanic and the City of Widows It Left Behind

    The Forgotten Victims of the Fatal Voyage

    par Julie Cook ...
    "Harrowing and emotional . . . A tribute to the enduring power of family. The story of the disaster's widows uplifts and devastates in equal measure." —Gareth Russell, author of The Ship of DreamsWhen the Titanic foundered in April 1912, the world's focus was on the tragedy of the passengers who lost their lives. Ever since, in films, dramatizations, adaptations and books, the focus has mostly ... En savoir plus

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  • Titanic Captain

    The Life of Edward John Smith

    par G. J. Cooper ...
    Commander Edward John Smith's career had been a remarkable example of how a man from a humble background could get far in the world. Born to a working-class family in the landlocked Staffordshire Potteries, he went to sea at the age of 17 and rose rapidly through the ranks of the merchant navy, serving first in sailing vessels and later in the new steamships of the White Star Line. By 1912, he as ... En savoir plus

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